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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 Po·lyp·o·rus /pəˈlɪpərəs/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Po·lyp·o·rus n.; pl. Polypori   Bot. A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores; also, any fungus of this genus.
 Note: ☞ Polyporus fomentarius was formerly dried and cut in slices for tinder, called amadou. Polyporus betulinus is common in America, and forms very large thick white semicircular excrescences on birch trees.  Several species of Polyporous are considered edible.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Polyporus
      n : type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens
          of e.g. birches and conifers [syn: genus Polyporus]