DEUTEROMYCETES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Deuteromycetes mean? 

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

1. form class; coextensive with subdivision Deuteromycota

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEUTEROMYCETES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form class; coextensive with subdivision Deuteromycota

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

class Deuteromycetes; Deuteromycetes

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

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

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

Deuteromycota; Deuteromycotina; Fungi imperfecti; subdivision Deuteromycota; subdivision Deuteromycotina (large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known)