SNOW MUSHROOM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Popular in China and Japan and Taiwan; gelatinous mushrooms; most are dried

Synonyms:

snow mushroom; Tremella fuciformis

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Nouns denoting plants

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

jelly fungus (any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh)

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

genus Tremella; Tremella (fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain)

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