ORDER MUCORALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Mucorales mean? 

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

1. an order of mostly saprophytic fungi

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

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• ORDER MUCORALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An order of mostly saprophytic fungi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Mucorales; order Mucorales

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

fungus order (the order of fungi)

Meronyms (members of "order Mucorales"):

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

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

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