XYLARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Xylaria mean? 

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

1. type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• XYLARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Xylaria; Xylaria

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Xylaria"):

black root rot fungus; Xylaria mali (fungus causing black root rot in apples)

dead-man's-fingers; dead-men's-fingers; Xylaria polymorpha (the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria)

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

family Xylariaceae; Xylariaceae (family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores)