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cauliflower mushroom

cauliflower mushroom noun: any member of the genus Sparassis of parasitic and saprobic mushrooms.

cauliflower mushroom: any member of the genus Sparassis of parasitic and saprobic mushrooms
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Noun

cauliflower mushroom (plural cauliflower mushrooms)

  1. Any member of the genus Sparassis of parasitic and saprobic mushrooms.

Synonyms of cauliflower mushroom

Forms of cauliflower mushroom

pluralcauliflower mushrooms

Origin of cauliflower mushroom

From their appearance, similar to a head of cauliflower.

Words formed from cauliflower mushroom

  • American cauliflower mushroom
  • Asian cauliflower mushroom
  • eastern cauliflower mushroom
  • western cauliflower mushroom

Questions about cauliflower mushroom

What does cauliflower mushroom mean?
Cauliflower mushroom means any member of the genus Sparassis of parasitic and saprobic mushrooms.
What part of speech is cauliflower mushroom?
Cauliflower mushroom is a noun.
What is the plural of cauliflower mushroom?
The plural of cauliflower mushroom is cauliflower mushrooms.

Words near cauliflower mushroom in the dictionary

  1. cauliflower cheese
  2. cauliflower coral
  3. cauliflower ear
  4. cauliflower ears
  5. cauliflower fungus
  6. cauliflower mushroom
  7. cauliflower mushrooms
  8. cauliflower rice
  9. cauliflowered
  10. caulifloweret
  11. cauliflowerets

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