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    SAWDUST MUSHROOM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    An edible agaric found in piles of hardwood sawdust; the caps are black and coarsely wrinkledplay

    Synonyms:

    Pluteus magnus; sawdust mushroom

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("sawdust mushroom" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("sawdust mushroom" is a member of...):

    genus Pluteus; Pluteus; roof mushroom (a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer)

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