"beefsteak mushroom" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: beefsteak mushrooms [plural]
Etymology: From beefsteak + mushroom. From being a fungus that looks like a steak of beef. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|beefsteak|mushroom}} beefsteak + mushroom Head templates: {{en-noun}} beefsteak mushroom (plural beefsteak mushrooms)
  1. Any member of the species Fistulina hepatica of edible mushrooms. Translations (Fistulina hepatica): oksetungesopp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-beefsteak_mushroom-en-noun-NoHPEdaf Disambiguation of 'Fistulina hepatica': 87 13
  2. Any member of the species Gyromitra esculenta of potentially fatally poisonous mushrooms that are a delicacy. Synonyms (Gyromitra esculenta): beefsteak morel, brain mushroom, brain fungus, turban mushroom, turban fungus, elephant ears, elephant ears mushroom, elephant ears fungus Hypernyms (Gyromitra esculenta): false morel Hypernyms (polypore, bracket fungus): Fistulina hepatica
    Sense id: en-beefsteak_mushroom-en-noun-1nvwMAB1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Euagarics, Pezizales order fungi Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Euagarics: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pezizales order fungi: 11 89 Disambiguation of 'Gyromitra esculenta': 17 83 Disambiguation of 'Gyromitra esculenta': 16 84 Disambiguation of 'polypore, bracket fungus': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: beefsteak (english: shortened form), beefsteak fungus Synonyms (beefsteak polypore, ox tongue, ox tongue fungus, ox tongue mushroom, ox tongue polypore): Fistulina hepatica Hypernyms: mushroom, fungus
Disambiguation of 'beefsteak polypore, ox tongue, ox tongue fungus, ox tongue mushroom, ox tongue polypore': 45 55

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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