NEOLENTINUS PONDEROSUS

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Meaning:

A gilled polypore with a large cap (up to 15 inches in diameter) and a broad stalk; edible when young and tender

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Neolentinus ponderosus" is a kind of...):

polypore; pore fungus; pore mushroom (woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent)

Holonyms ("Neolentinus ponderosus" is a member of...):

family Polyporaceae; Polyporaceae (fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees)

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