PLEUROTUS PHOSPHOREUS

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Meaning:

Red luminescent mushroom of Europe

Synonyms:

olive-tree agaric; Pleurotus phosphoreus

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Pleurotus phosphoreus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Pleurotus phosphoreus" is a member of...):

genus Pleurotus; Pleurotus (agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan)

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