POLYPORUS FRONDOSUS

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Meaning:

Large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees

Synonyms:

Grifola frondosa; hen-of-the-woods; hen of the woods; Polyporus frondosus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Polyporus frondosus" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Holonyms ("Polyporus frondosus" is a member of...):

genus Polyporus; Polyporus (type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers)

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