noun
Meaning 1
A mushroom of the genus Russula.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
russula
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noun
Meaning 2
large genus of fungi with stout stems and white spores and neither annulus nor volva; brittle caps of red or purple or yellow or green or blue; differs from genus Lactarius in lacking milky juice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genus Russula
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fungus genus
History
Etymology
From the genus name Russula.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: gibelurdin — any mushroom of the genus Russula
- Basque: gibelori — any mushroom of the genus Russula
- Bulgarian: гълъбка (gǎlǎbka) — any mushroom of the genus Russula
- Catalan: cualbra — any mushroom of the genus Russula
- Catalan: rússula — any mushroom of the genus Russula
- Czech: holubinka — any mushroom of the genus Russula
- Finnish: hapero — any mushroom of the genus Russula
- French: russule — any mushroom of the genus Russula
- German: Täubling — any mushroom of the genus Russula
- Hungarian: galambgomba — any mushroom of the genus Russula
- Latvian: bērzlape — any mushroom of the genus Russula
- Polish: gołąbek — any mushroom of the genus Russula