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noun
A type of fruiting body produced by certain fungus species in the order Boletales, especially those of genus Boletus, many of which are prized for their flavour; any species of said order that produces such a fruiting body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any fungus of the family Boletaceae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fungus
Narrower terms: Boletus chrysenteron, Boletus edulis, Frost's bolete, Boletus frostii, Boletus luridus, Boletus mirabilis, Boletus pallidus, Boletus pulcherrimus, Boletus pulverulentus, Boletus roxanae, Boletus subvelutipes, Boletus variipes, Boletus zelleri, Fuscoboletinus paluster, Fuscoboletinus serotinus, Leccinum fibrillosum, Phylloporus boletinoides, Suillus albivelatus, old-man-of-the-woods, Strobilomyces floccopus, Boletellus russellii
History
Borrowed from Latin bōlētus (“edible mushroom”), from Ancient Greek βωλίτης (bōlítēs).
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
