phallus impudicus

1. 1.

   a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism

   Synonymscommon stinkhorn

   Broaderstinkhorn

   Part ofPhallus

Questions about phallus impudicus

What does phallus impudicus mean?

phallus impudicus means "a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism".

What is another word for phallus impudicus?

Close synonyms include common stinkhorn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phallus impudicus a common word?

phallus impudicus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.