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FAMILY NIDULARIACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bird's-nest fungi

Synonyms:

family Nidulariaceae; Nidulariaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Nidulariaceae" is a member of...):

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

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