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witch's eggs

witch's eggs is the plural of witch's egg.

Meaning of witch's egg

Noun

witch's egg (plural witch's eggs)

  1. The juvenile form of a Phallus mushroom, such as Phallus impudicus or Phallus multicolor (syn. Dictyophora multicolor), which resembles an egg.
    • [captions on images:] Phallus impudicus with witch's eggs, Denmark.
      Section through a witch's egg – the juvenile state of a stinkhorn, in this case a Phallus multicolor, Ecuador One of the most bizarre groups of fungi contains insect[…]2013 April 21, Jens H. Petersen, The Kingdom of Fungi, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 177

Questions about witch's eggs

What is witch's eggs the plural of?
Witch's eggs is the plural of witch's egg.

Words near witch's eggs in the dictionary

  1. witch's broom
  2. witch's brooms
  3. witch's butter
  4. witch's butters
  5. witch's egg
  6. witch's eggs
  7. witch's fire
  8. witch's hair
  9. witch's hat
  10. witch's horse
  11. witch's knot

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