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ONION STEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does onion stem mean?
• ONION STEM (noun)
The noun ONION STEM has 1 sense:
1. a white agaric that tends to cluster and has a club-shaped base
Familiarity information: ONION STEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white agaric that tends to cluster and has a club-shaped base
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lepiota cepaestipes; onion stem
Hypernyms ("onion stem" is a kind of...):
lepiota (any fungus of the genus Lepiota)
Holonyms ("onion stem" is a member of...):
genus Lepiota (agarics with white spores that includes several edible and poisonous mushrooms: parasol mushrooms)
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