CHLOROPHYLLUM MOLYBDITES

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Meaning:

A poisonous agaric with a fibrillose cap and brown scales on a white ground color; cap can reach a diameter of 30 cm; often forms 'fairy rings'

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Chlorophyllum molybdites" is a kind of...):

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

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