FAMILY CLAVARIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Clavariaceae mean? 

• FAMILY CLAVARIACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY CLAVARIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. fleshy fungi: coral fungi

  Familiarity information: FAMILY CLAVARIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CLAVARIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fleshy fungi: coral fungi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clavariaceae; family Clavariaceae

Hypernyms ("family Clavariaceae" is a kind of...):

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "family Clavariaceae"):

coral fungus (any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral)

Holonyms ("family Clavariaceae" is a member of...):

Agaricales; order Agaricales (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)