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ANNULUS
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Irregular inflected form: annuli
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
Synonyms:
annulus; skirt
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("annulus" is a kind of...):
plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)
Domain category:
Fungi; fungus kingdom; kingdom Fungi (the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants)
Holonyms ("annulus" is a part of...):
partial veil (membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A toroidal shape
Example:
a halo of smoke
Synonyms:
anchor ring; annulus; doughnut; halo; ring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("annulus" is a kind of...):
toroid (the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "annulus"):
fairy circle; fairy ring (a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium)
