BOLETUS PULVERULENTUS

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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

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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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