Earthstar

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Earthstar \Earth"star`\, n. (Bot.)
     A curious fungus of the genus {Geaster}, in which the outer
     coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one
     forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  earthstar
       n : any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a
           puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a
           star