MUCORALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mucorales mean? 

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

1. an order of mostly saprophytic fungi

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUCORALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An order of mostly saprophytic fungi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Mucorales; order Mucorales

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

fungus order (the order of fungi)

Meronyms (members of "Mucorales"):

family Mucoraceae; Mucoraceae (large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products)

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

class Zygomycetes; Zygomycetes (class of fungi coextensive with subdivision Zygomycota)