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GENUS CETRARIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes

Synonyms:

Cetraria; genus Cetraria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Cetraria" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cetraria"):

Cetraria islandica; Iceland lichen; Iceland moss (lichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions; used as a medicine or food for humans and livestock; a source of glycerol)

Holonyms ("genus Cetraria" is a member of...):

family Parmeliaceae; Parmeliaceae (a family of lichens)

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