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    BEEFSTEAK FUNGUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A popular edible fungus with a cap the color of liver or raw meat; abundant in southeastern United Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    beefsteak fungus; Fistulina hepatica

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("beefsteak fungus" is a kind of...):

    polypore; pore fungus; pore mushroom (woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent)

    Holonyms ("beefsteak fungus" is a member of...):

    Fistulina; genus Fistulina (fungi having each pore separate though crowded)

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