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Webster 1913 Edition


Boletus

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Bo-le′tus

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Noun.
[L.
boletus
, Gr.
[GREEK]
.]
(Bot.)
A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous.

Webster 1828 Edition


Boletus

BOLE'TUS

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Noun.
[L.] A genus of mushrooms, containing many species.