FAMILY VOLVARIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Volvariaceae mean? 

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

1. a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY VOLVARIACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Volvariaceae; Volvariaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "family Volvariaceae"):

genus Volvaria; Volvaria (agarics having pink spores and a distinct volva)

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

Agaricales; order Agaricales (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)