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BOLETUS PULVERULENTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Boletus pulverulentus mean? 

BOLETUS PULVERULENTUS (noun)
  The noun BOLETUS PULVERULENTUS has 1 sense:

1. an edible fungus with a broadly convex blackish brown cap and a pore surface that is yellow when young and darkens with age; stalk is thick and enlarges toward the baseplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BOLETUS PULVERULENTUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An edible fungus with a broadly convex blackish brown cap and a pore surface that is yellow when young and darkens with age; stalk is thick and enlarges toward the base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

bolete (any fungus of the family Boletaceae)

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

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


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