GYROMITRA ESCULENTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gyromitra esculenta mean? 

• GYROMITRA ESCULENTA (noun)
  The noun GYROMITRA ESCULENTA has 1 sense:

1. a poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown

  Familiarity information: GYROMITRA ESCULENTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYROMITRA ESCULENTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

beefsteak morel; brain mushroom; Gyromitra esculenta

Hypernyms ("Gyromitra esculenta" is a kind of...):

gyromitra (any fungus of the genus Gyromitra)

Holonyms ("Gyromitra esculenta" is a member of...):

genus Gyromitra (a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a fertile portion that is tan to brown)