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    CHINESE MUSHROOM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem; an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commerciallyplay

    Synonyms:

    Chinese mushroom; straw mushroom; Volvariella volvacea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Chinese mushroom" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("Chinese mushroom" is a member of...):

    genus Volvariella; Volvariella (an important genus of mushrooms in the Orient)

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