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beefsteak mushroom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.06 in modern English

Syllables
beef-steak -mush-room
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Fistulina hepatica of edible mushrooms.

noun

Any member of the species Gyromitra esculenta of potentially fatally poisonous mushrooms that are a delicacy.

Etymology

From beefsteak + mushroom. From being a fungus that looks like a steak of beef.

Inflected Forms

beefsteak mushrooms (plural)

Synonyms

beefsteak beefsteak fungus Fistulina hepatica beefsteak morel brain mushroom brain fungus turban mushroom turban fungus elephant ears elephant ears mushroom elephant ears fungus

Questions

What does beefsteak mushroom mean?
Any member of the species Fistulina hepatica of edible mushrooms.
Where does beefsteak mushroom come from?
From beefsteak + mushroom. From being a fungus that looks like a steak of beef.

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