GENUS GEASTRUM

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Meaning:

Type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments

Synonyms:

Geastrum; genus Geastrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Geastrum" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Holonyms ("genus Geastrum" is a member of...):

family Geastraceae; Geastraceae (a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales)

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