WINTER MUSHROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does winter mushroom mean? 

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

1. an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINTER MUSHROOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Flammulina velutipes; winter mushroom

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

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

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

Flammulina; genus Flammulina (a genus of agarics)