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CLAVARIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fleshy fungi: coral fungi

Synonyms:

Clavariaceae; family Clavariaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Clavariaceae"):

coral fungus (any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral)

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

Agaricales; order Agaricales (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)

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