SUBCLASS HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subclass Heterobasidiomycetes mean? 

• SUBCLASS HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES (noun)
  The noun SUBCLASS HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES has 1 sense:

1. category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts

  Familiarity information: SUBCLASS HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBCLASS HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Heterobasidiomycetes; subclass Heterobasidiomycetes

Hypernyms ("subclass Heterobasidiomycetes" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Holonyms ("subclass Heterobasidiomycetes" is a member of...):

Basidiomycetes; class Basidiomycetes (large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota)