Definition of polyporus Polyporus
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What does polyporus mean?
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| polyporus - type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers | ||
| genus Polyporus | ||
| fungus genus includes lichen genera | ||
| family polyporaceae, polyporaceae fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees | ||
| polyporus tenuiculus a fungus with a whitish kidney-shaped cap and elongated pores; causes white rot in dead hardwoods | ||
| grifola frondosa, hen-of-the-woods, hen of the woods, polyporus frondosus large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- polyporus (n.)
A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores; also, any fungus of this genus.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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polyporus
pΕ-lipβ²or-us, n. a large genus of pore-bearing fungus, which grows on trees, from which amadou is prepared. [Gr. polys, many, poros, a passage.]
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π€- polyporus, noun, singular of polyporuses / polyporusses.
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