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PILEUS (pilei)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pileus mean? 

PILEUS (noun)
  The noun PILEUS has 1 sense:

1. a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroomplay

  Familiarity information: PILEUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PILEUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cap; pileus

Hypernyms ("pileus" is a kind of...):

plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)

Holonyms ("pileus" is a part of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)


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