spəˈrasə̇s noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek sparassein to tear, rend; akin to Old Norse spjörr rag, Armenian p'ert' piece ripped off of something, and perhaps to Old Slavic prǫžiti, prǫžati to tear apart
: a genus of fungi (family Clavariaceae) having fleshy, much-branched, leafy sporophores — see yellow root rot