gray urn

American  

noun

1. a smooth, urn-shaped edible mushroom, Urnula craterium, commonly found in North America on fallen hardwood.

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Example Sentences

Listen, for instance, to this exquisite bit: Yes, dear departed, cherished days Could Memory's hand restore Your Morning light, your evening rays From Time's gray urn once more,— Then might this restless heart be still, This straining eye might close, And Hope her fainting pinions fold, While the fair phantoms rose.

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