FLAMMULINA VELUTIPES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Flammulina velutipes mean? 

• FLAMMULINA VELUTIPES (noun)
  The noun FLAMMULINA VELUTIPES has 1 sense:

1. an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters

  Familiarity information: FLAMMULINA VELUTIPES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAMMULINA VELUTIPES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Flammulina velutipes; winter mushroom

Hypernyms ("Flammulina velutipes" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("Flammulina velutipes" is a member of...):

Flammulina; genus Flammulina (a genus of agarics)