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MAN-ON-A-HORSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does man-on-a-horse mean?
• MAN-ON-A-HORSE (noun)
The noun MAN-ON-A-HORSE has 1 sense:
1. an edible agaric with yellow gills and a viscid yellow cap that has a brownish center
Familiarity information: MAN-ON-A-HORSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An edible agaric with yellow gills and a viscid yellow cap that has a brownish center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
man-on-a-horse; Tricholoma flavovirens
Hypernyms ("man-on-a-horse" is a kind of...):
agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)
Holonyms ("man-on-a-horse" is a member of...):
genus Tricholoma; Tricholoma (agarics with white spores and a fleshy stalk and notched gills; of various colors both edible and inedible)
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