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STRAW MUSHROOM
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I. (noun)
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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
Classified under:
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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