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oyster mushroom

oyster mushroom

noun

  1. an edible fungus, Pleurotus ostreatus, having an oyster-shaped cap, commonly found growing in clusters on the trunks of broad-leaved trees
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of oyster mushroom1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

The oyster mushroom produces chemicals to paralyze its nematode prey within a few minutes of contact.

Recently, however, I’ve been growing oyster mushrooms in a cardboard box on my kitchen counter.

The movie begins at an open-air market where César marvels at some giant oyster mushrooms, then moves to a cattle farm known for its humanely sourced beef.

Nolux, a team of researchers from the University of California, Riverside, and the University of Delaware, has developed a method of artificial photosynthesis that can grow oyster mushrooms without sunlight.

A study published in Science Advances details how oyster mushrooms use a particular toxin to paralyze and knock off fungus-eating roundworms called nematodes.

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