geastrum

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geastrum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Geastrum \Geastrum\ prop. n.
     The type genus of the Geastraceae, consisting of fungi
     whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments.
  
     Syn: genus Geastrum.
          [WordNet 1.5]

geastrum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Geastrum
      n 1: type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when
           dry splits into starlike segments [syn: Geastrum, genus Geastrum
           ]