STRAW MUSHROOM

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Meaning:

Small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem; an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commercially

Synonyms:

Chinese mushroom; straw mushroom; Volvariella volvacea

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

genus Volvariella; Volvariella (an important genus of mushrooms in the Orient)

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