OYSTER FUNGUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood

Synonyms:

oyster agaric; oyster fungus; oyster mushroom; Pleurotus ostreatus

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

genus Pleurotus; Pleurotus (agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan)

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