dictionary definitions for "phallus"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  Phallus
      n 1: genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around
           the stem [syn: Phallus, genus Phallus]
      2: the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) [syn:
          penis, member]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phallus \Phal"lus\ (f[a^]l"l[u^]s), n.; pl. Phalli. [L., a
     phallus (in sense 1), Gr. fallo`s.]
     1. The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in
        procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various
        ways.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Anat.) The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or
        primitive organ from which either may be derived.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Bot.) A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting
        odor; the stinkhorn.
        [1913 Webster]


online dictionary by shmop.net