noun
Meaning 1
An edible mushroom of genus Boletus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
boletus
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noun
Meaning 2
type genus of Boletaceae; genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi; some poisonous and some edible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genus Boletus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fungus genus
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bōlētus.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: hřib — a type of edible mushroom — see also porcini
- Estonian: kivipuravik — a type of edible mushroom — see also porcini
- Estonian: puravik — a type of edible mushroom — see also porcini
- Finnish: kivitatti — a type of edible mushroom — see also porcini
- German: Dickröhrling — a type of edible mushroom — see also porcini
- Hungarian: vargánya — a type of edible mushroom — see also porcini
- Hungarian: tinóru — a type of edible mushroom — see also porcini
- Lithuanian: baravykas — a type of edible mushroom — see also porcini
- Polish: borowik — a type of edible mushroom — see also porcini
- Russian: борови́к (borovík) — a type of edible mushroom — see also porcini
- Serbo-Croatian: вр̀га̄њ — a type of edible mushroom — see also porcini
- Serbo-Croatian: vr̀gānj — a type of edible mushroom — see also porcini