earthstar

 [urth-stahr]  

earth·star

   [urth-stahr]
noun
1.
a fungus of the genus Geaster, having an outer covering that splits into the form of a star.
2.
any of various bromeliads of the genus Cryptanthus, native to Brazil, having rosettes of stiff, prickly leaves.
Origin:
1810–20; earth + star
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earthstar (ˈɜːθˌstɑː)
 
—n
any of various basidiomycetous saprotrophic woodland fungi of the genus Geastrum, whose brown onion-shaped reproductive body splits into a star shape to release the spores

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