STRAW MUSHROOM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does straw mushroom mean? • STRAW MUSHROOM (noun)
The noun STRAW MUSHROOM has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: STRAW MUSHROOM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• STRAW MUSHROOM (noun)
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chinese mushroom; straw mushroom; Volvariella volvacea
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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