Hypertext Webster Gateway: "phallus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Phallus \Phal"lus\, n.; pl. {Phalli}. [L., a phallus (in sense
1), Gr. ?.]
1. The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in
procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various
ways.
2. (Anat.) The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or
primitive organ from which either may be derived.
3. (Bot.) A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting
odor; the stinkhorn.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Phallus
n 1: genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around
the stem [syn: {Phallus}, {genus Phallus}]
2: the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) [syn:
{penis}, {member}]
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