OLD-MAN-OF-THE-WOODS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America

Synonyms:

old-man-of-the-woods; Strobilomyces floccopus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("old-man-of-the-woods" is a kind of...):

bolete (any fungus of the family Boletaceae)

Holonyms ("old-man-of-the-woods" is a member of...):

genus Strobilomyces; Strobilomyces (fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap)

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