hen of the woods

or hen-of-the-woods

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noun

a large, grayish-brown, edible fungus, Polyporus frondosus, forming a mass of overlapping caps at the base of trees and somewhat resembling a hen.

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Words nearby hen of the woods

hennery, hen night, hennin, Henoch, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, hen of the woods, henotheism, hen party, henpeck, henpecked, Henri

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