FAMILY CERATOSTOMATACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Ceratostomataceae mean? 

• FAMILY CERATOSTOMATACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY CERATOSTOMATACEAE has 1 sense:

1. fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks

  Familiarity information: FAMILY CERATOSTOMATACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CERATOSTOMATACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ceratostomataceae; family Ceratostomataceae

Hypernyms ("family Ceratostomataceae" is a kind of...):

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "family Ceratostomataceae"):

Ceratostomella; genus Ceratostomella (genus of fungi forming continuous hyaline spores)

Holonyms ("family Ceratostomataceae" is a member of...):

order Sphaeriales; Sphaeriales (large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders)