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GENUS LECANORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lecanora mean? 

GENUS LECANORA (noun)
  The noun GENUS LECANORA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of Lecanoraceae; crustaceous lichensplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS LECANORA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS LECANORA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of Lecanoraceae; crustaceous lichens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Lecanora" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Lecanora"):

lecanora (any lichen of the genus Lecanora; some used in dyeing; some used for food)

archil; orchil (any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil)

Holonyms ("genus Lecanora" is a member of...):

family Lecanoraceae; Lecanoraceae (a fungus family of the division Lichenes)


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