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GENUS GEASTRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Geastrum mean?
• GENUS GEASTRUM (noun)
The noun GENUS GEASTRUM has 1 sense:
1. type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments
Familiarity information: GENUS GEASTRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Geastrum; genus Geastrum
Hypernyms ("genus Geastrum" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Holonyms ("genus Geastrum" is a member of...):
family Geastraceae; Geastraceae (a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales)
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