HYGROPHORUS PURPURASCENS

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Meaning:

A fungus with a viscid purplish red cap and stalk; found under spruce and other conifers

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Hygrophorus purpurascens" is a kind of...):

waxycap (any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance)

Holonyms ("Hygrophorus purpurascens" is a member of...):

genus Hygrophorus; Hygrophorus (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae)

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