blood cup

blood cup
noun
a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp
Syn: ↑fairy cup, ↑Peziza coccinea
Hypernyms: ↑discomycete, ↑cup fungus
Member Holonyms: ↑Peziza, ↑genus Peziza

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noun
1. : a cup-shaped ascomycetous fungus of a widely distributed genus (Peziza); especially : a scarlet European fungus (P. coccinea)
2. : a heavy elongated metal vessel attached to the jaw of a table bird to catch the blood during dressing

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