dead man's fingers

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Alternative forms
  • dead men's fingers

Noun

dead man's fingers (uncountable)

  1. Any of several plants or other organisms with fleshy finger-like structures:
    1. The fungus Xylaria polymorpha
    2. The soft coral Alcyonium digitatum
    3. The seaweed Codium fragile
    4. A shrub or small tree, Decaisnea insignis, with edible fingerlike pods.
    5. The early purple orchid, Orchis mascula
  2. (cooking) The fingerlike gills of a crab.

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