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GENUS PHALLUS

• GENUS PHALLUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PHALLUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem

Familiarity information: GENUS PHALLUS used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS PHALLUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Phallus; Phallus

Hypernyms ("genus Phallus" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Phallus"):

common stinkhorn; Phallus impudicus (a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism)

Phallus ravenelii (this stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh)

Holonyms ("genus Phallus" is a member of...):

family Phallaceae; Phallaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns)

"Misery loves company."
(English proverb)
"You will not get a big job done from whom does not want a small one."
(Albanian proverb)
"What is the connection with Alexander's moustache?"
(Armenian proverb)
"Stretch your legs as far as your quilt goes."
(Egyptian proverb)

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Meaning of Phallus impudicus
Meaning of Phallaceae
Pronunciation of fungus genus
Meaning of Phallus ravenelii
Meaning of family Phallaceae

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