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GENUS RHIZOPOGON

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Meaning:

A genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers

Synonyms:

genus Rhizopogon; Rhizopogon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Rhizopogon"):

Rhizopogon idahoensis (a large whitish Rhizopogon that becomes greyish brown in maturity)

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

family Rhizopogonaceae; Rhizopogonaceae (a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores)

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