Definitions
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- noun Any
agaric mushroom of thefamily Hygrophoraceae.
Etymologies
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wax + cap
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Examples
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Birds for a sec and consider the unassuming majesty of the scarlet ibis - or the apothecary rose, the peacock mantis shrimp, the crimson waxcap mushroom.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Birds for a sec and consider the unassuming majesty of the scarlet ibis - or the apothecary rose, the peacock mantis shrimp, the crimson waxcap mushroom.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Growing alongside was the aptly named snowy waxcap.
Environment news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Graham Long 2008
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On this visit we found the parrot waxcap, a yellow species so called because it always has some green on it.
Environment news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Graham Long 2008
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