PERTUSARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pertusaria mean? 

• PERTUSARIA (noun)
  The noun PERTUSARIA has 1 sense:

1. crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus

  Familiarity information: PERTUSARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERTUSARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pertusaria; Pertusaria

Hypernyms ("Pertusaria" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Holonyms ("Pertusaria" is a member of...):

family Pertusariaceae; Pertusariaceae (a fungus family of division Lichenes)