Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various fungi of the family Boletaceae, having an often thick stalk and an umbrella-shaped cap with spongy pores rather than gills on the underside.
- noun A boletus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any fungus of the family
Boletaceae .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of fruiting body produced by certain
fungus species in the orderBoletales ; includes several species of mushrooms that are considered delicious.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any fungus of the family Boletaceae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I often find the purple bolete, which is classed among the dangerous varieties.
The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Spongiforma squarepantsii, a new species of gasteroid bolete from Borneo.
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She has graciously repaid me with wild harvested bolete mushrooms.
Looney Tunes, But No Cardoons Lindy 2006
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Did yu luk for steinpilz aka porcini or bolete, too? blonde in bloo says:
remember diet - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I love all good mushrooms but by far my favorite is the king bolete, Boletus edulis.
Archive 2006-08-01 2006
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I love all good mushrooms but by far my favorite is the king bolete, Boletus edulis.
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And the gorgeous big bolete I found, I suspect it's poisonous too-I think it's a "boletus satanas"!
golden grasses and some mushrooms asakiyume 2006
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He stripped the bark off an elm sapling and chewed it and then ate the cap to a ruby-colored bolete as big across as a frying pan.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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He stripped the bark off an elm sapling and chewed it and then ate the cap to a ruby-colored bolete as big across as a frying pan.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
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As for the second half of the bolete, the half which I did not colonize with vermin, it remains compact, the same as it was at the start, except that its appearance is a little withered by evaporation.
The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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