old-man-of-the-woods

1. 1.

   edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America

   SynonymsStrobilomyces floccopus

   Broaderbolete

   Part ofStrobilomyces

Questions about old-man-of-the-woods

What does old-man-of-the-woods mean?

old-man-of-the-woods means "edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America".

How many syllables are in old-man-of-the-woods?

old-man-of-the-woods has 5 syllables: old--ma-n-of--the--woods. The stress falls on "n-of-".

What is another word for old-man-of-the-woods?

Close synonyms include Strobilomyces floccopus. 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 old-man-of-the-woods a common word?

old-man-of-the-woods 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.