🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

鬼笔

Pronunciation / Transliteration: guǐ bǐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Stinkhorn/ˈstɪŋk.hɔːrn/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"鬼笔科真菌会发出腐臭味。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A fungus of the order Phallales, notable for its foul odor and often phallic shape, which produces a spore-containing slime.

    "The presence of a stinkhorn in the garden was immediately obvious by its pungent smell."
  2. 2

    Any member of the family Phallaceae characterized by a rapid growth habit and gelatinous gleba.

    "Stinkhorns rely on flies to disperse their spores attracted by the decaying odor."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the English words 'stink' (referring to the foul, rotting odor emitted to attract insects) and 'horn' (describing the phallic or horn-like fruiting shape). The term dates back to the late 16th century in mycological nomenclature to describe fungi belonging to the family Phallaceae.

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