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FLAMMULINA

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Meaning:

A genus of agarics

Synonyms:

Flammulina; genus Flammulina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Flammulina" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Flammulina"):

Flammulina velutipes; winter mushroom (an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters)

Holonyms ("Flammulina" is a member of...):

family Tricholomataceae; Tricholomataceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)

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