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OMPHALOTUS

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Meaning:

A genus of fungi with a depressed disc in the cap

Synonyms:

genus Omphalotus; Omphalotus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Omphalotus"):

jack-a-lantern; jack-o-lantern; jack-o-lantern fungus; Omphalotus illudens (a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent)

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

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

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