ASTREUS PTERIDIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The largest earthstar; the fruiting body can measure 15 cm across when the rays are expanded

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Astreus pteridis" is a kind of...):

earthstar (any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star)

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