"caterpillar fungus" meaning in English

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        "A fungus indigenous to the Tibetan plateau, Ophiocordyceps sinensis, which parasitizes various caterpillars."
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          "word": "冬蟲夏草"
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          "word": "དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ"
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