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earthstar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun earthstar has 1 sense
- earthstar(n = noun.plant) Array - any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star; Array is a kind of fungus
is a member of family geastraceae, geastraceae
has particulars: geastrum coronatum, astreus pteridis, astreus hygrometricus
CIDE DICTIONARY
earthstar, n.
A curious fungus of the genus Geaster , in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
earthstar, n. any woodland fungus of the genus Geastrum, esp. G. triplex, with a spherical spore-containing fruit body surrounded by a fleshy star-shaped structure.
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