Definitions for fairy ring

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fair′y ring`(n.)

  1. any of numerous mushrooms of meadows and open woods that spread in rings originating from mycelial growth.

    Category: Fungi

Princeton's WordNet

  1. fairy ring, fairy circle(noun)

    a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium

Wiktionary

  1. fairy ring(Noun)

    A ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium.

  2. fairy ring(Noun)

    A mythical place where fairies are thought to congregate in a ring.


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