HEN OF THE WOODS
Dictionary entry overview: What does hen of the woods mean? • HEN OF THE WOODS (noun)
The noun HEN OF THE WOODS has 1 sense:
1. large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
Familiarity information: HEN OF THE WOODS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HEN OF THE WOODS (noun)
Meaning:
Large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Grifola frondosa; hen of the woods; hen-of-the-woods; Polyporus frondosus
Hypernyms ("hen of the woods" is a kind of...):
fungus (a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores)
Holonyms ("hen of the woods" 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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