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    POLYPORUS FRONDOSUS

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     I. (noun) 

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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 treesplay

    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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