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SHEEP POLYPORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sheep polypore mean?
• SHEEP POLYPORE (noun)
The noun SHEEP POLYPORE has 1 sense:
1. a fungus with a whitish often circular cap and a white pore surface and small pores and a white central stalk; found under conifers; edible but not popular
Familiarity information: SHEEP POLYPORE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fungus with a whitish often circular cap and a white pore surface and small pores and a white central stalk; found under conifers; edible but not popular
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Albatrellus ovinus; sheep polypore
Hypernyms ("sheep polypore" is a kind of...):
polypore; pore fungus; pore mushroom (woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent)
Holonyms ("sheep polypore" is a member of...):
family Polyporaceae; Polyporaceae (fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees)
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