dictionary help| lycoperdon | medical dictionary |
<fungus>
<mycology> A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball.
Origin: NL, from Gr. Wolf + to break wind.
(01 Mar 1998)
lycopenaemia, lycopene, lycopene cyclase-isomerase < Prev | Next > lycoperdonosis, lycophora, lycopod
Bookmark with:      | word visualiser | Go and visit our forums  |
