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Meaning of caterpillar fungus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Certain fungi which parasitize various caterpillars
  2. especially, species Ophiocordyceps sinensis, indigenous to the Tibetan plateau.
  3. fungi of closely related species in genera Ophiocordyceps and Cordyceps, both in order Hypocreales.
  4. The O. sinensis fungus and host caterpillar body used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Equivalents

བོད་སྐད དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ
Suomi kiinanloisikka loisikka
日本語 冬虫夏草
한국어 동충하초
Te Reo Māori āwhato
Tiếng Việt đông trùng hạ thảo

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

caterpillar hunter caterpillar roll caterpillar searcher caterpillar skiing caterpillar track caterpillar tree

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