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Definition of Earthstar
1. Noun. Any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star.
Group relationships: Family Geastraceae, Geastraceae
Specialized synonyms: Geastrum Coronatum, Astreus Pteridis, Astreus Hygrometricus
Definition of Earthstar
1. n. A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
Definition of Earthstar
1. Noun. A type of puffball, of genus ''Geastrum'', whose surface splits open in a star-shaped form ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Earthstar
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Medical Definition of Earthstar
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthstar
Literary usage of Earthstar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany for Agricultural Students by John Nathan Martin (1919)
"A very interesting Puffball is the earthstar ... The chambers of the gleba become
FlG. 347. — An earthstar ..."
2. Practical Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Otis William Caldwell (1911)
"may each shed spores at the rate of 1000000 per minute, and may continue this
for several days. Another puffball is called the " earthstar" ..."
3. Nature Study: A Pupil's Text-book by Frank Overton, Mary E. Hill (1905)
"earthstar, 33. Earthworm, 102. Evergreens, 90. Floret, 36, 44, 51. Fly, 13.
Blow, 16. House, 14. Gall, 48, 49133. Golden-rod, 45. Ichneumon, 29. Stable, 16. ..."
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