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    STAR EARTHBALL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbelplay

    Synonyms:

    Scleroderma flavidium; star earthball

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("star earthball" is a kind of...):

    earthball; false truffle; hard-skinned puffball; puffball (any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles)

    Holonyms ("star earthball" is a member of...):

    genus Scleroderma; Scleroderma (genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles)

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