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Fairy circle   /fˈɛri sˈərkəl/   Listen
Fairy circle

noun
1.
A ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium.  Synonym: fairy ring.






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"Fairy circle" Quotes from Famous Books



... change. A fairy circle of prismatic colour is gathering round the moon, beautifying the scene a thousandfold; an inner girdle of hazy emerald hue immediately surrounds the lurid orb, which is now seen as "in a glass darkly"; whilst encircling ...
— A Cotswold Village • J. Arthur Gibbs

... undertook to do; the Tin Woodman sang a love song, every one joining in the chorus; and the wooden soldiers from Merryland gave an exhibition of a lightning drill with their wooden muskets; the Ryls and Knooks danced the Fairy Circle; and the Rubber Bear bounced himself all around the room. There was laughter and merriment on every side, and everybody was having a royal good time. Button-Bright was so excited and interested that he paid little ...
— The Road to Oz • L. Frank Baum



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