boletus

What does boletus mean?

boletus means "type genus of Boletaceae; genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi; some poisonous and some edible".

How many syllables are in boletus?

boletus has 3 syllables and divides as bo-le-tus under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for boletus?

Close synonyms include genus Boletus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is boletus a common word?

boletus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for boletus come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.