NIDULARIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nidulariaceae mean? 

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

1. bird's-nest fungi

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIDULARIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bird's-nest fungi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Nidulariaceae; Nidulariaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Nidulariaceae"):

bird's-nest fungus (any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores)

genus Nidularia; Nidularia (type genus of the Nidulariaceae)

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

Nidulariales; order Nidulariales (small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae)