FAMILY PERTUSARIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Pertusariaceae mean? 

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

1. a fungus family of division Lichenes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PERTUSARIACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

A fungus family of division Lichenes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Pertusariaceae; Pertusariaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "family Pertusariaceae"):

genus Pertusaria; Pertusaria (crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus)

Holonyms ("family Pertusariaceae" 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)