Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lycoperdon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lycoperdon \Ly`co*per"don\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Lycoperdon
n : genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base
consisting of spongy mycelium [syn: {Lycoperdon}, {genus
Lycoperdon}]
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