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1. The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.
2. <anatomy> The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived.
3. <fungus> A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odour; the stinkhorn.
Origin: L, a phallus
(01 Mar 1998)
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