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PEZIZA DOMICILINA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A discomycetous fungus of the genus Peziza; the fragile fruiting body is a ghostly white but stains yellow when broken; favors strongly alkaline habitats
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Peziza domicilina" is a kind of...):
cup fungus; discomycete (any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes)
Holonyms ("Peziza domicilina" is a member of...):
genus Peziza; Peziza (type genus of the Pezizaceae: a variety of cup fungus)