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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 lichens
Familiarity information: GENUS LECANORA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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