GENUS AURICULARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Auricularia mean? 

• GENUS AURICULARIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS AURICULARIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Auriculariaceae

  Familiarity information: GENUS AURICULARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS AURICULARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Auriculariaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Auricularia; genus Auricularia

Hypernyms ("genus Auricularia" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Auricularia"):

Auricularia auricula; ear fungus; Jew's-ear; Jew's-ears (widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood)

Holonyms ("genus Auricularia" is a member of...):

Auriculariaceae; family Auriculariaceae (fungi having gelatinous sporophores)