XYLARIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Xylariaceae mean? 

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

1. family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• XYLARIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Xylariaceae; Xylariaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Xylariaceae"):

genus Xylaria; Xylaria (type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata)

genus Rosellinia; Rosellinia (fungi having smooth perithecia with dark one-celled ascospores)

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

order Sphaeriales; Sphaeriales (large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders)