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polyporus |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polyporus \Po*lyp"o*rus\, n.; pl {Polypori}. [NL., fr Gr poly`s many + ? a pore.] (Bot.) A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores; also any fungus of this genus. Note: {Polyporus fomentarius} was formerly dried and cut in slices for tinder, called amadou. {P. betulinus} is common in America, and forms very large thick white semicircular excrescences on birch trees. Several species of {Polyporous} are considered edible. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Polyporus n : type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers [syn: {Polyporus}, {genus Polyporus}]
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