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FAMILY TREMELLACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Tremellaceae mean?
• FAMILY TREMELLACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY TREMELLACEAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally
Familiarity information: FAMILY TREMELLACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Tremellaceae; Tremellaceae
Hypernyms ("family Tremellaceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "family Tremellaceae"):
genus Tremella; Tremella (fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain)
Holonyms ("family Tremellaceae" is a member of...):
order Tremellales; Tremellales (fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic)
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