FRUITING BODY Synonyms
1 hypernym for fruiting body. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for FRUITING BODY
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| ascocarp | noun n | |||||
noun • mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus | ||||||
| basidiocarp | noun n | |||||
noun • the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells | ||||||
| carpophore | noun n | |||||
noun • a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel | ||||||
| mushroom | noun n | |||||
noun • common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool) • mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.) • any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium • a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb) • fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi verb • pick or gather mushrooms • grow and spread fast | ||||||
| sporocarp | noun n | |||||
noun • specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia | ||||||