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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Boletus \Bo*le"tus\, n. [L. boletus, Gr. ?.] (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.
     [1913 Webster] Boley



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Boletus
       n : type genus of Boletaceae; genus of soft early-decaying pore
           fungi; some poisonous and some edible [syn: {genus
           Boletus}]

















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