Definitions for earthstarˈɜrθˌstɑr

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

earth•starˈɜrθˌstɑr(n.)

  1. a fungus of the genus Geaster, having an outer covering that splits into the form of a star.

    Category: Fungi

Origin of earthstar:

1810–20

Princeton's WordNet

  1. earthstar(noun)

    any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star

Wiktionary

  1. earthstar(Noun)

    A type of puffball, of genus Geastrum, whose surface splits open in a star-shaped form

Webster Dictionary

  1. Earthstar(noun)

    a curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores


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