Definition of boletus in English:
boletus
(also bolete)
nounPlural boletuses bəˈliːtəs
A toadstool with pores rather than gills on the underside of the cap, typically having a thick stem.
牛肝菌属真菌
Genus Boletus, family Boletaceae, class Hymenomycetes
Example sentencesExamples
- His delicious little Wild Mushroom Beignets are for those lucky enough to know where to gather boletuses and horns of plenty.
- The chef has produced a varied menu ranging from boletus cooked in oil to seafood risotto..
- Double-boiled whole shark's fin soup with matsutake, sauteed scallops with termite mushroom and ginkgo and wok-fired prawns with boletus and almonds are just some of the innovations.
- Nations with timorous taste buds limit their knowledge and appetite, so that to the Anglo-American lay mind the aristocratic boletes are, at best, reformed toadstools.
- Many boletes are worth eating, but their stems tend to become infested with insects or maggots and often have to be discarded.
- Then, in April, as morels and king boletes begin to show around Mount Shasta and in the mountains of eastern Oregon, pickers climb into their ‘rigs’ and drive northward again.
- If, however, not a soul has come across your plum paste, your Himalayan red rice or your Chilean boletes, you win.
- Count the gills under the cap - or in the case of a boletus, the holes.
Origin
From Latin, from Greek bōlitēs, perhaps from bōlos 'lump'.
Rhymes
acetous, Cetus, Epictetus, fetus, Miletus, quietus