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    INKY CAP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have maturedplay

    Synonyms:

    Coprinus atramentarius; inky-cap mushroom; inky cap

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("inky cap" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("inky cap" is a member of...):

    Coprinus; genus Coprinus (genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae)

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