gymnopilus
- n a genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit
gymnopilus spectabilis
- n a fungus with a brownish orange fruiting body and a ring near the top of the stalk; the taste is bitter and the flesh contains psilocybin and psilocin
gymnopilus validipes
- n a poisonous fungus with a dry cap and a cortina that does not leave much of a ring on the robust stalk
gymnopilus ventricosus
- n a giant fungus of the Pacific Northwest; has a very thick stalk and the cortina leaves a ring high up on the stalk
gymnorhina
- n in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows
gymnorhina tibicen
- n crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged
gymnosophist
- n member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)
gymnosophy
- n the doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation
gymnosperm
- n plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary
gymnospermae
- n plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida)
gynura aurantiaca
- n Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs