caterpillar fungus

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Noun

caterpillar fungus (plural caterpillar fungi or caterpillar funguses)

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

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