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    LENTINUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Lentinus; Lentinus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Lentinus" is a kind of...):

    fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

    Meronyms (members of "Lentinus"):

    Chinese black mushroom; golden oak mushroom; Lentinus edodes; Oriental black mushroom; shiitake; shiitake mushroom (edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe)

    Lentinus lepideus; scaly lentinus (a fungus with a scaly cap and white flesh and a ring on the stalk (with scales below the ring); odor reminiscent of licorice)

    Holonyms ("Lentinus" is a member of...):

    family Tricholomataceae; Tricholomataceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)

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