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GRIFOLA FRONDOSA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
Synonyms:
Grifola frondosa; hen-of-the-woods; hen of the woods; Polyporus frondosus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Grifola frondosa" 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 ("Grifola frondosa" 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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