- Coprinus
- noungenus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae• Syn: ↑genus Coprinus• Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Agaricaceae, ↑family Agaricaceae• Member Meronyms:↑inky cap, ↑inky-cap mushroom, ↑Coprinus atramentarius, ↑shaggymane, ↑shaggy cap, ↑shaggymane mushroom, ↑Coprinus comatus
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\\ˈkäprənəs, kəˈprīnəs\ nounUsage: capitalizedEtymology: New Latin, from Greek koprinos of dung, from kopros dung; from the habitat of some species — more at copr-: a genus of black-spored agarics of the family Agaricaceae in which the pileus breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid — see shaggymane
Useful english dictionary. 2012.