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PERTUSARIACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pertusariaceae mean?
• PERTUSARIACEAE (noun)
The noun PERTUSARIACEAE has 1 sense:
1. a fungus family of division Lichenes
Familiarity information: PERTUSARIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fungus family of division Lichenes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Pertusariaceae; Pertusariaceae
Hypernyms ("Pertusariaceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "Pertusariaceae"):
genus Pertusaria; Pertusaria (crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus)
Holonyms ("Pertusariaceae" is a member of...):
division Lichenes; Lichenes (comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi)
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