PLEUROTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pleurotus mean? 

• PLEUROTUS (noun)
  The noun PLEUROTUS has 1 sense:

1. agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan

  Familiarity information: PLEUROTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLEUROTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pleurotus; Pleurotus

Hypernyms ("Pleurotus" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Pleurotus"):

oyster agaric; oyster fungus; oyster mushroom; Pleurotus ostreatus (edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood)

olive-tree agaric; Pleurotus phosphoreus (red luminescent mushroom of Europe)

Holonyms ("Pleurotus" is a member of...):

Agaricaceae; family Agaricaceae (large family including many familiar mushrooms)