FAMILY SPHAEROBOLACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Sphaerobolaceae mean? 

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

1. monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY SPHAEROBOLACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Sphaerobolaceae; Sphaerobolaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

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

Nidulariales; order Nidulariales (small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae)