Geastrum

noun

Ge·​as·​trum

jēˈastrəm

: a genus (the type of the family Geastraceae) of basidiomycetous fungi having the outer peridium when dry splitting into starlike segments compare earthstar

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ge- + -astrum (from Greek astēr star)

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