'hen-of-the-woods' definitions:
Definition of 'hen-of-the-woods'
From: WordNet
noun
Large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees [syn: hen-of-the-woods, hen of the woods, Polyporus frondosus, Grifola frondosa]
Definition of 'hen-of-the-woods'
From: GCIDE
- hen-of-the-woods \hen-of-the-woods\ n. A large grayish-brown edible fungus (Polyporus frondosus) forming a mass of overlapping caps at the base of trees that somewhat resembles a hen.
- Syn: hen of the woods, Polyporus frondosus. [WordNet 1.5]