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GENUS DICTOSTYLIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dictostylium mean?
• GENUS DICTOSTYLIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS DICTOSTYLIUM has 1 sense:
1. genus of slime molds that grow on dung and decaying vegetation
Familiarity information: GENUS DICTOSTYLIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of slime molds that grow on dung and decaying vegetation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Dictostylium" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "genus Dictostylium"):
dictostylium (any slime mold of the genus Dictostylium)
Holonyms ("genus Dictostylium" is a member of...):
Acrasiomycetes; class Acrasiomycetes (cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista)
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