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HYGROPHORUS PURPURASCENS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Hygrophorus purpurascens mean?

• HYGROPHORUS PURPURASCENS (noun)
The noun HYGROPHORUS PURPURASCENS has 1 sense:

1. a fungus with a viscid purplish red cap and stalk; found under spruce and other conifers

Familiarity information: HYGROPHORUS PURPURASCENS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HYGROPHORUS PURPURASCENS (noun)

Sense 1

Hygrophorus purpurascens ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A fungus with a viscid purplish red cap and stalk; found under spruce and other conifers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Hygrophorus purpurascens" is a kind of...):

waxycap (any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance)

Holonyms ("Hygrophorus purpurascens" is a member of...):

genus Hygrophorus; Hygrophorus (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae)

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