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PHYCOMYCETES GROUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Phycomycetes group mean?
• PHYCOMYCETES GROUP (noun)
The noun PHYCOMYCETES GROUP has 1 sense:
1. a large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems
Familiarity information: PHYCOMYCETES GROUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Phycomycetes; Phycomycetes group
Hypernyms ("Phycomycetes group" is a kind of...):
taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)
Holonyms ("Phycomycetes group" is a member of...):
Fungi; fungus kingdom; kingdom Fungi (the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants)
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