資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Polyporus \Po*lyp"o*rus\, n.; pl. {Polypori}. [NL., fr. Gr.
poly`s many + ? a pore.] (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. {P. betulinus} is
common in America, and forms very large thick white
semicircular excrescences on birch trees. Several
species of {Polyporous} are considered edible.
Punk \Punk\, n. [Cf. {Spunk}.]
1. Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for
tinder; touchwood.
2. A fungus ({Polyporus fomentarius}, etc.) sometimes dried
for tinder; agaric.
3. An artificial tinder. See {Amadou}, and {Spunk}.
4. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obsoles.] --Shak.