1. an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel; [syn: Scleroderma flavidium, star earthball]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Scleroderma flavidium
n 1: an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first
buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to
form segments like the ray of an umbel [syn: Scleroderma
flavidium, star earthball]