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witches' butters

witches' butters is the plural of witches' butter.

Meaning of witches' butter

Noun

witches' butter (usually uncountable, plural witches' butters)

  1. (usually) Tremella mesenterica, a yellow, gelatinous fungus (yellow brain fungus, golden jelly fungus).
  2. (usually) Dacrymyces, a genus of yellow jelly fungus often confused with Tremella.
  3. (usually) Dacrymyces chrysospermus (orange witch's butter).
  4. (usually) Exidia nigricans, a black, gelatinous fungus.
  5. (usually) Exidia glandulosa (black witch's butter).
  6. (usually) The yellow slime mold Fuligo septica.

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Questions about witches' butters

What is witches' butters the plural of?
Witches' butters is the plural of witches' butter.

Words near witches' butters in the dictionary

  1. witches' brew
  2. witches' brews
  3. witches' broom
  4. witches' brooms
  5. witches' butter
  6. witches' butters
  7. witches' cauldron
  8. witches' hair
  9. witches' hats
  10. witches' knickers
  11. witches' ladder

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