LECANORACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lecanoraceae mean? 

• LECANORACEAE (noun)
  The noun LECANORACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a fungus family of the division Lichenes

  Familiarity information: LECANORACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LECANORACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fungus family of the division Lichenes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Lecanoraceae; Lecanoraceae

Hypernyms ("Lecanoraceae" is a kind of...):

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Lecanoraceae"):

genus Lecanora (type genus of Lecanoraceae; crustaceous lichens)

Holonyms ("Lecanoraceae" is a member of...):

division Lichenes; Lichenes (comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi)