GENUS RHIZOPOGON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rhizopogon mean? 

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

1. a genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS RHIZOPOGON (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Rhizopogon; Rhizopogon

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Rhizopogon"):

Rhizopogon idahoensis (a large whitish Rhizopogon that becomes greyish brown in maturity)

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

family Rhizopogonaceae; Rhizopogonaceae (a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores)