boletus

[ boh-lee-tuhs ]

/ boʊˈli təs /

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noun, plural bo·le·tus·es, bo·le·ti

[boh-lee-tahy]. /boʊˈli taɪ/.

any mushroomlike fungus of the genus Boletus, having an easily separable layer of tubes on the underside of the cap or pileus.

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Origin of boletus

1595–1605; <New Latin; Latin bōlētus a mushroom

Words nearby boletus

Boldrewood, bole, bolection, bolero, boletic acid, boletus, Boleyn, Boleyn, Anne, Bolger, bolide, bolillo

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How to use boletus in a sentence

But the most frequent fungus is the big brown Boletus, in size varying from a small bun to a dinner-plate.
Wood and Garden|Gertrude Jekyll
And why eat doubtful Boletus when one can have the delicious Chantarelle (Cantharellus cibarius), also now at its best?
Wood and Garden|Gertrude Jekyll
The substance is fleshy in Boletus, but in Polyporus the greater number of species are leathery or corky, and more persistent.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses|Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
A species of boletus or fungus, which grows in dunghills; with the salts of iron it affords a black dye.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

In this state the boletus is a valuable substance for stopping oozing hemorrhages, and some other surgical purposes.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

British Dictionary definitions for boletus

boletus

/ (bəʊˈliːtəs) /

noun plural -tuses or -ti (-ˌtaɪ)

any saprotroph basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Boletus, having a brownish umbrella-shaped cap with spore-bearing tubes in the underside: family Boletaceae . Many species are edible

Word Origin for boletus

C17: from Latin: variety of mushroom, from Greek bōlitēs; perhaps related to Greek bōlos lump

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