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polypore

[ pol-ee-pawr, -pohr ]

noun

  1. a woody pore fungus, Laetiporus ( Polyporus ) sulphureus, that forms large, brightly colored, shelflike growths on old logs and tree stumps.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of polypore1

1900–05; < New Latin Polyporus; poly-, pore 2

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