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    FAMILY XYLARIACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black sporesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Xylariaceae; Xylariaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    fungus family (includes lichen families)

    Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family 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)

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