OYSTER MUSHROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oyster mushroom mean? 

• OYSTER MUSHROOM (noun)
  The noun OYSTER MUSHROOM has 1 sense:

1. edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood

  Familiarity information: OYSTER MUSHROOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OYSTER MUSHROOM (noun)

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Meaning:

Edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

oyster agaric; oyster fungus; oyster mushroom; Pleurotus ostreatus

Hypernyms ("oyster mushroom" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("oyster mushroom" is a member of...):

genus Pleurotus; Pleurotus (agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan)