Associations to the word «Pluteus»

Wiktionary

PLUTEUS, noun. (architecture) A low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church
PLUTEUS, noun. (zoology) The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms.

Dictionary definition

PLUTEUS, noun. A large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley