phallus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem
    genus Phallus.
  2. noun the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)
    penis; member.

WordNet

Phal"lus noun
Etymology
L., a phallus (in sense 1), Gr. .
Wordforms
plural Phalli
Definitions
  1. The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.
  2. (Anat.) The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived.
  3. (Bot.) A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn.

Webster 1913