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Definition of Lycoperdon

1. Noun. Genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium.

Definition of Lycoperdon

1. n. A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball.

Medical Definition of Lycoperdon

1. A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball. Origin: NL, from Gr. Wolf + to break wind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lycoperdon

Literary usage of Lycoperdon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"lycoperdon, a name given by Micheli to a sort of fungus of the natural family of ... But when the lycoperdon first issues from the ground, it is of a soft, ..."

2. Report (1904)
"lycoperdon Bovista L. (lycoperdon giganteum Batsch.), etc. Not uncommon in fields. Summer. ... lycoperdon pyriforme Fr. Plentiful on decayed wood in woods. ..."

3. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1903)
"... lycoperdon? Hall. Paleontology of New York. 1847. 1:^4> pi- 12< fig-3- Lowville limestone Watertown, Jefferson со. ..."

4. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"Lee County. Auburn, July, 1890 (Atkinson). North Carolina. lycoperdon ... lycoperdon eximium Morgan. Ala. Bull. 267. Cornell Bull. 23. ..."

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