BLUSHING MUSHROOM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched

Synonyms:

Amanita rubescens; blusher; blushing mushroom

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

Amanita; genus Amanita (genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions)

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