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Fairy ring   /fˈɛri rɪŋ/   Listen
Fairy ring

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





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"Fairy ring" Quotes from Famous Books



... cat purred and rubbed up against his shins. He jumped, for he was scared; but looking down, for a moment, he saw the two balls of yellow fire in her head and knew what they were. Then he sped to the pine woods and towards the fairy ring. ...
— Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks • William Elliot Griffis
... neighbourhood of Vaucouleurs on the borders of Lorraine and Champagne. Just without the cottage where she was born began the great woods of the Vosges where the children of Domremy drank in poetry and legend from fairy ring and haunted well, hung their flower garlands on the sacred trees, and sang songs to the "good people" who might not drink of the fountain because of their sins. Jeanne loved the forest; its birds and beasts came lovingly ...
— History of the English People, Volume III (of 8) - The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 • John Richard Green


Words linked to "Fairy ring" :   doughnut, ring, anchor ring, halo, annulus, fairy circle


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