TRUE SLIME MOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does true slime mold mean? 

• TRUE SLIME MOLD (noun)
  The noun TRUE SLIME MOLD has 1 sense:

1. a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes

  Familiarity information: TRUE SLIME MOLD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUE SLIME MOLD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A slime mold of the class Myxomycetes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

acellular slime mold; myxomycete; plasmodial slime mold; true slime mold

Hypernyms ("true slime mold" is a kind of...):

slime mold; slime mould (a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists)

Holonyms ("true slime mold" is a member of...):

class Myxomycetes; Myxomycetes (the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota)