BOLETUS EDULIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Boletus edulis mean? 

• BOLETUS EDULIS (noun)
  The noun BOLETUS EDULIS has 1 sense:

1. an edible and choice fungus; has a convex cap that is slightly viscid when fresh and moist but soon dries and a thick bulbous tan stalk

  Familiarity information: BOLETUS EDULIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOLETUS EDULIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An edible and choice fungus; has a convex cap that is slightly viscid when fresh and moist but soon dries and a thick bulbous tan stalk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Boletus edulis" is a kind of...):

bolete (any fungus of the family Boletaceae)

Holonyms ("Boletus edulis" is a member of...):

Boletus; genus Boletus (type genus of Boletaceae; genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi; some poisonous and some edible)