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LICHENES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi
Synonyms:
division Lichenes; Lichenes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lichenes" is a kind of...):
division ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum)
Meronyms (members of "Lichenes"):
Lichenales; order Lichenales (category used especially in former classifications for organisms now constituting the division Lichenes)
lichen (any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.)
Lechanorales; order Lechanorales (category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia)
family Lecanoraceae; Lecanoraceae (a fungus family of the division Lichenes)
family Roccellaceae; Roccellaceae; family Pertusariaceae; Pertusariaceae (a fungus family of division Lichenes)
family Usneaceae; Usneaceae (fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria)
Cladoniaceae; family Cladoniaceae; family Parmeliaceae; Parmeliaceae (a family of lichens)
Holonyms ("Lichenes" is a member of...):
Fungi; fungus kingdom; kingdom Fungi (the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants)
