1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star
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