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russula

russula noun: a mushroom of the genus Russula.

Noun

russula (plural russulas)

  1. A mushroom of the genus Russula.
    • “For some species, the colors are unbelievably variable,” Nick says of one group, the russulas, ”and they get washed out by rain, and then the exact distribution of the warts on the spores is an alternative. […].2015 November 6, Helen Macdonald, “Sex, Death and Mushrooms”, in The New York Times Magazine, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2021

Forms of russula

pluralrussulas

Origin of russula

From the genus name Russula.

Questions about russula

What does russula mean?
Russula means a mushroom of the genus Russula.
What part of speech is russula?
Russula is a noun.
What is the plural of russula?
The plural of russula is russulas.

Words near russula in the dictionary

  1. Russophones
  2. Russophrenia
  3. Russosphere
  4. russud
  5. russuds
  6. russula
  7. russulaceous
  8. russulas
  9. russuloid
  10. russulone
  11. Russum

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