VERPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Verpa mean? 

• VERPA (noun)
  The noun VERPA has 1 sense:

1. a morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bell morel; Verpa

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

morel (any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Verpa"):

early morel; Verpa bohemica (resembles a thimble on a finger; the surface of the fertile portion is folded into wrinkles that extend from the top down; fruiting begins in spring before the leaves are out on the trees)

conic Verpa; Verpa conica (a morel with a fertile portion that has a relatively smooth surface; the stalk is fragile)

Holonyms ("Verpa" is a member of...):

family Morchellaceae; Morchellaceae (a family of edible fungi including the true morels)