PEZIZA DOMICILINA

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Meaning:

A discomycetous fungus of the genus Peziza; the fragile fruiting body is a ghostly white but stains yellow when broken; favors strongly alkaline habitats

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Peziza domicilina" is a kind of...):

cup fungus; discomycete (any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes)

Holonyms ("Peziza domicilina" is a member of...):

genus Peziza; Peziza (type genus of the Pezizaceae: a variety of cup fungus)

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