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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer;
[syn: Pluteus, genus Pluteus, roof mushroom]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pluteus \Plu"te*us\, n.; pl. L. Plutei, E. Pluteuses. [L., a shed.] (Zool.) The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Pluteus n 1: a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer [syn: Pluteus, genus Pluteus, roof mushroom]