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TILLETIACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tilletiaceae mean?
• TILLETIACEAE (noun)
The noun TILLETIACEAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster
Familiarity information: TILLETIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Tilletiaceae; Tilletiaceae
Hypernyms ("Tilletiaceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "Tilletiaceae"):
genus Tilletia; Tilletia (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae)
genus Urocystis; Urocystis (a genus of smut fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae)
Holonyms ("Tilletiaceae" is a member of...):
order Ustilaginales; Ustilaginales (parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes)
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