FIELD MUSHROOM

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Meaning:

Common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce

Synonyms:

Agaricus campestris; field mushroom; meadow mushroom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

Agaricus; genus Agaricus (type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species)