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lycoperdon |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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