dead man's fingers
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English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]- Any of several plants or other organisms with fleshy finger-like structures:
- The fungus Xylaria polymorpha;
- The soft coral Alcyonium digitatum;
- The seaweed Codium fragile;
- A shrub or small tree, Decaisnea insignis, with edible fingerlike pods;
- The early purple orchid, Orchis mascula.
- (cooking) The fingerlike gills of a crab.
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