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cauliflower mushroom

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
cauliflow-er -mush-room
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Sparassis of parasitic and saprobic mushrooms.

Etymology

From their appearance, similar to a head of cauliflower.

Inflected Forms

cauliflower mushrooms (plural)

Phrases

American cauliflower mushroom Asian cauliflower mushroom eastern cauliflower mushroom western cauliflower mushroom

Synonyms

cauliflower fungus

Questions

What does cauliflower mushroom mean?
Any member of the genus Sparassis of parasitic and saprobic mushrooms.
Where does cauliflower mushroom come from?
From their appearance, similar to a head of cauliflower.

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