DEAD-MAN'S-FINGERS
Dictionary entry overview: What does dead-man's-fingers mean? • DEAD-MAN'S-FINGERS (noun)
The noun DEAD-MAN'S-FINGERS has 1 sense:
1. the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria
Familiarity information: DEAD-MAN'S-FINGERS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEAD-MAN'S-FINGERS (noun)
Meaning:
The fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
dead-man's-fingers; dead-men's-fingers; Xylaria polymorpha
Hypernyms ("dead-man's-fingers" is a kind of...):
fungus (a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores)
Holonyms ("dead-man's-fingers" is a member of...):
genus Xylaria; Xylaria (type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata)
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