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cup fungus

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various ascomycetous fungi, especially of the family Pezizaceae, characterized by a spore-bearing structure that is often stalkless and cup-shaped or disk-shaped.

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  • noun any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. ascomycete
  2. ascomycetous fungus

hyponyms (15)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. aleuria aurantia
  2. blood cup
  3. caloscypha fulgens
  4. fairy cup
  5. galiella rufa
  6. jafnea semitosta
  7. leotia lubrica
  8. mitrula elegans
  9. orange peel fungus
  10. peziza coccinea
  11. peziza domicilina
  12. sarcoscypha coccinea
  13. scarlet cup
  14. urn fungus
  15. urnula craterium

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