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Lycoperdon
(gcide) | Lycoperdon \Ly`co*per"don\, prop. n. [NL., from Gr. ? wolf + ?
to break wind.] (Bot.)
A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of
spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke
when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball.
[1913 Webster] Lycopersicon |
lycoperdon
(wn) | Lycoperdon
n 1: genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base
consisting of spongy mycelium [syn: Lycoperdon, {genus
Lycoperdon}] |
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Lycoperdon giganteum
(gcide) | Giant \Gi"ant\, a.
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as,
giant brothers; a giant son.
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Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax.
Giant clam (Zool.), a bivalve shell of the genus
Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500
pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to
contain holy water.
Giant heron (Zool.), a very large African heron ({Ardeomega
goliath}). It is the largest heron known.
Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found
in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole.
Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin.
Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum),
edible when young, and when dried used for stanching
wounds.
Giant salamander (Zool.), a very large aquatic salamander
(Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the
largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.
Giant squid (Zool.), one of several species of very large
squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera.
Some are over forty feet long.
[1913 Webster]Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and
other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when
ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist,
puff, and puffin.
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genus lycoperdon
(wn) | genus Lycoperdon
n 1: genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base
consisting of spongy mycelium [syn: Lycoperdon, {genus
Lycoperdon}] |
lycoperdon
(wn) | Lycoperdon
n 1: genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base
consisting of spongy mycelium [syn: Lycoperdon, {genus
Lycoperdon}] |
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