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noun

Phallus n. (pl. phalli)

The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.

(Anat.) The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived.

(Bot.) A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn.

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Etymology of 'Phallus'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... in conjunction with trees, of which he is the lord, as the one 'clad in skins,' the 'lord of cattle,' the 'lord of paths,' the 'cheater,' the 'deceiver.' When he is next clearly seen, in the epic, he is the god to whom are offered human sacrifices, and his special claim to worship is the phallus; while the intermediate literature shows glimpses of him only in his simple Brahmanic form of terror. It has long been known that Civaite phallic worship was not borrowed from the Southerners, as ...

— The Religions of India - Handbooks On The History Of Religions, Volume 1, Edited By Morris Jastrow • Edward Washburn Hopkins

Words linked to "Phallus" : male genitalia, cock, phallic, micropenis, putz, family jewels, family Phallaceae, member, shaft, prick, male reproductive system, vena bulbi penis, fungus genus, genus Phallus, erectile organ, pecker, common stinkhorn