TUBERACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tuberaceae mean? 

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

1. family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUBERACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Tuberaceae; Tuberaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Tuberaceae"):

genus Tuber; Tuber (type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles)

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

order Tuberales; Tuberales (small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps)