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ALECTORIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alectoria mean?
• ALECTORIA (noun)
The noun ALECTORIA has 1 sense:
1. lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus
Familiarity information: ALECTORIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Alectoria; genus Alectoria
Hypernyms ("Alectoria" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Alectoria"):
horsehair lichen; horsetail lichen (any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair)
Holonyms ("Alectoria" is a member of...):
family Usneaceae; Usneaceae (fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria)
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