MACOWANITES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Macowanites mean? 

• MACOWANITES (noun)
  The noun MACOWANITES has 1 sense:

1. a stout-stemmed genus of fungus belonging to the family Secotiaceae having fruiting bodies that never expand completely

  Familiarity information: MACOWANITES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACOWANITES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stout-stemmed genus of fungus belonging to the family Secotiaceae having fruiting bodies that never expand completely

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Macowanites; Macowanites

Hypernyms ("Macowanites" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Macowanites"):

Macowanites americanus (a small fungus with a fragile cap that cracks to expose the white context and a white stalk that is practically enclosed by the cap)

Holonyms ("Macowanites" is a member of...):

family Secotiaceae; Secotiaceae (a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi)