CLADONIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cladoniaceae mean? 

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

1. a family of lichens

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLADONIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of lichens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cladoniaceae; family Cladoniaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Cladoniaceae"):

Cladonia; genus Cladonia (type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia)

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

division Lichenes; Lichenes (comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi)