noun
chiefly small mushrooms with white spores
• Syn: ↑genus Marasmius
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Agaricaceae, ↑family Agaricaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑fairy-ring mushroom, ↑Marasmius oreades
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\\-mēəs\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin marasmus
: a genus of mostly small-sized white-spored mushrooms (family Agaricaceae) having a tough leathery stem and cap and lacking both ring and volva — see fairy ring, thread blight
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Marasˈmius noun
A common genus of toadstools, including the fairy-ring champignon, drying up in sunshine but recovering in damp
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Main Entry: ↑marasmus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.