BASIDIOMYCETE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basidiomycete mean? 

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

1. any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota

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

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• BASIDIOMYCETE (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

basidiomycete; basidiomycetous fungi

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

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Meronyms (parts of "basidiomycete"):

basidiocarp (the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basidiomycete"):

mushroom (any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium)

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

gill fungus (a basidiomycete with gills)

polypore; pore fungus; pore mushroom (woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent)

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

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

Derivation:

basidiomycetous (pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes)