VERPA BOHEMICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Verpa bohemica mean? 

• VERPA BOHEMICA (noun)
  The noun VERPA BOHEMICA has 1 sense:

1. resembles a thimble on a finger; the surface of the fertile portion is folded into wrinkles that extend from the top down; fruiting begins in spring before the leaves are out on the trees

  Familiarity information: VERPA BOHEMICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERPA BOHEMICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembles a thimble on a finger; the surface of the fertile portion is folded into wrinkles that extend from the top down; fruiting begins in spring before the leaves are out on the trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

early morel; Verpa bohemica

Hypernyms ("Verpa bohemica" is a kind of...):

bell morel; Verpa (a morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top)