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PEZIZA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Peziza mean?
• PEZIZA (noun)
The noun PEZIZA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Pezizaceae: a variety of cup fungus
Familiarity information: PEZIZA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Pezizaceae: a variety of cup fungus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Peziza; Peziza
Hypernyms ("Peziza" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Peziza"):
Peziza domicilina (a discomycetous fungus of the genus Peziza; the fragile fruiting body is a ghostly white but stains yellow when broken; favors strongly alkaline habitats)
blood cup; fairy cup; Peziza coccinea (a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp)
Holonyms ("Peziza" is a member of...):
family Pezizaceae; Pezizaceae (large family comprising many typical cup fungi)
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