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AMERICAN PARASOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does American parasol mean?
• AMERICAN PARASOL (noun)
The noun AMERICAN PARASOL has 1 sense:
1. an agaric with a pallid cap and a stalk that is enlarged near the base
Familiarity information: AMERICAN PARASOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An agaric with a pallid cap and a stalk that is enlarged near the base
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American parasol; Lepiota americana
Hypernyms ("American parasol" is a kind of...):
lepiota (any fungus of the genus Lepiota)
Holonyms ("American parasol" is a member of...):
genus Lepiota (agarics with white spores that includes several edible and poisonous mushrooms: parasol mushrooms)
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