geastrum : Idioms & Phrases


geastrum coronatum

  • noun an earthstar with a bluish spore sac and a purplish brown gleba; at maturity the outer layer splits into rays that bend backward and elevate the spore sac
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genus geastrum

  • noun type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments
    Geastrum.
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