BLOOD CUP

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp

Synonyms:

blood cup; fairy cup; Peziza coccinea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("blood cup" is a kind of...):

cup fungus; discomycete (any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes)

Holonyms ("blood cup" is a member of...):

genus Peziza; Peziza (type genus of the Pezizaceae: a variety of cup fungus)

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