| NOUN | plant | earthstar | any fungus of the family Geastraceae |
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| Sounds | er'thstaa.r | |
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| Rhymes | Adar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar... | |
| Meaning | Any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star. | |
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| 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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