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FAMILY HYGROPHORACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Hygrophoraceae mean? 

FAMILY HYGROPHORACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY HYGROPHORACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearanceplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY HYGROPHORACEAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Hygrophoraceae; Hygrophoraceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "family Hygrophoraceae"):

waxycap (any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance)

genus Hygrocybe; Hygrocybe; genus Hygrophorus; Hygrophorus; genus Hygrotrama; Hygrotrama; genus Neohygrophorus; Neohygrophorus (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae)

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

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


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