FAMILY USTILAGINACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Ustilaginaceae mean? 

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

1. a fungus family of loose smuts

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY USTILAGINACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fungus family of loose smuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Ustilaginaceae; Ustilaginaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "family Ustilaginaceae"):

corn smut; cornsmut (a smut fungus attacking Indian corn)

genus Sphacelotheca; Sphacelotheca (genus of smut fungus)

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

order Ustilaginales; Ustilaginales (parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes)