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.

Generic synonyms: Fungus
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

1. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthstar

earthset
earthsets
earthshaker
earthshakers
earthshaking
earthshakingly
earthshattering
earthshine
earthshines
earthshock
earthshocks
earthside
earthsman
earthsmen
earthspace
earthstar (current term)
earthstars
earthtongue
earthward
earthwards
earthware
earthwares
earthwax
earthwolf
earthwork
earthworks
earthworm
earthworms
earthy
earthy water

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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