| 单词 | hen of the wood also woods |
| 释义 | > as lemmashen of the wood also woods P7. hen of the wood also woods: (a) (the female of) any of several forest-dwelling gallinaceous birds; esp. the female capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus; cf. cock of the woods at cock n.1 and int. Phrases 1c(b); (b) a large edible polypore fungus, Grifola frondosa, found as a bracket fungus on decaying timber and credited with immune-stimulating and other health-promoting properties (also called maitake). ΚΠ 1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ i. Pl. XXX (caption) Vrogallus fœmina. The Hen of ye wood or mountain. 1783 W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 98 The..domestic hen (ayam), some with black bones, and some of the sort we call Freezeland or negro fowls; hen of the woods (ayam baroogo). 1836 Derby Mercury 30 Nov. A black Cock and Hen of the Woods (a bird now extinct in Great Britain,)..were sent. 1875 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 2 Oct. 238/2 In the Vosges districts it [sc. Polyporus frondosus] is called, from its brown speckled appearance, the ‘Hen of the Woods’ (poule de bois) and ‘breeding hen’ (couveuse). 1946 H. M. Hall Ruffed Grouse iv. 14 The ruffed grouse is the hen of the woods. 1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 306 One day he pointed out to me the ugly fungi that grow like monstrous tan brains on the lawn. He said, ‘Those are called hen-of-the-woods. They grow only in association with oak trees.’ 2010 Independent 26 May 50/2 Recently people have started to ask about maitake mushrooms, which we call hen of the woods. < as lemmas |
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