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Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Earth"star`\, n. (Bot.) 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.
| Pronunciation: | 'urth`stâr | ||
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| Definition: | [n] any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star | ||
| See Also: | Astreus hygrometricus, Astreus pteridis, family Geastraceae, fungus, Geastraceae, Geastrum coronatum | ||
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| Definition: | \Earth"star`\, n. (Bot.) 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. | ||
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