SUILLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Suillus mean? 

• SUILLUS (noun)
  The noun SUILLUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae

  Familiarity information: SUILLUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUILLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Suillus; Suillus

Hypernyms ("Suillus" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Suillus"):

Suillus albivelatus (a short squat edible fungus with a reddish brown cap and white stalk; fruits under pines in the spring)

Holonyms ("Suillus" is a member of...):

Boletaceae; family Boletaceae (family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other)