Akademik

dead-man's-fingers

noun

the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria

• Syn: ↑dead-men's-fingers, ↑Xylaria polymorpha

• Hypernyms: ↑fungus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Xylaria, ↑genus Xylaria

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun plural but singular or plural in construction or dead-men's-fingers

1. : any of several European orchids (genus Orchis) having pale digitate roots (especially O. mascula, O. maculata, O. latifolia, and O. morio)

2. : any of several other plants: as

a. : bird's-foot trefoil 1a

b. : cuckoopint

c. : meadow foxtail grass

3. : the fruiting bodies of fungi of the genus Xylaria (especially X. polymorpha)

4.

a. : a fleshy alcyonarian (Alcyonium digitatum) usually lobed or digitate in form

b. : a white or grayish digitately branching sponge (Chalina arbuscula) of the Atlantc coast

5. : dead man 1

Useful english dictionary. 2012.