earthstar (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *earthstar*:
NOUN	plant	earthstar	any fungus of the family Geastraceae

earthstar > pronunciation
Sounds	er'thstaa.r
Rhymes	Adar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar...

English > *earthstar*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star.
Member of	Geastraceae, family Geastraceae	A family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales
Narrower	Astreus hygrometricus	A common species of earthstar widely distributed in sandy soil
	Astreus pteridis	The largest earthstar
	Geastrum coronatum	An earthstar with a bluish spore sac and a purplish brown gleba
Broader	fungus	An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter

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