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boletic

boletic adjective: relating to, derived from, or characteristic of mushrooms of the genus Boletus.

Adjective

boletic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, derived from, or characteristic of mushrooms of the genus Boletus.
    • Its shady recesses would then harbor that special boletic reek which makes a Russian’s nostrils dilate— a dark, dank, satisfying blend of damp moss, rich earth, rotting leaves.1947, Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory (1979 Paragon paperback), page 47
    • I inhaled deeply the dank, boletic smell around the woody fungus.1989, David Michaelis, Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl, page 164

Origin of boletic

From bolete + -ic.

Words formed from boletic

Questions about boletic

What does boletic mean?
Boletic means relating to, derived from, or characteristic of mushrooms of the genus Boletus.
What part of speech is boletic?
Boletic is an adjective.

Words near boletic in the dictionary

  1. bolete
  2. bolete eater
  3. bolete eaters
  4. boletes
  5. boleti
  6. boletic
  7. boletic acid
  8. boleticolous
  9. boletinoid
  10. boletoid
  11. boletoids

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