WITCHES' BUTTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does witches' butter mean? 

• WITCHES' BUTTER (noun)
  The noun WITCHES' BUTTER has 1 sense:

1. a yellow jelly fungus

  Familiarity information: WITCHES' BUTTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WITCHES' BUTTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A yellow jelly fungus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Tremella lutescens; witches' butter

Hypernyms ("witches' butter" is a kind of...):

jelly fungus (any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh)

Holonyms ("witches' butter" is a member of...):

genus Tremella; Tremella (fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain)