dead man's fingers

dead man's fingers

English

Alternative forms

• dead men's fingers

Noun

dead man's fingers (uncountable)

1. Any of several plants or other organisms with fleshy finger-like structures:
   1. The fungus Xylaria polymorpha
   2. The soft coral Alcyonium digitatum
   3. The seaweed Codium fragile
   4. A shrub or small tree, Decaisnea insignis, with edible fingerlike pods.
   5. The early purple orchid, Orchis mascula
2. (cooking) The fingerlike gills of a crab.

See also

• red dead man's fingers

Further reading

• dead man's fingers on Wikipedia.Wikipedia