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NEOHYGROPHORUS

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Meaning:

A genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae

Synonyms:

genus Neohygrophorus; Neohygrophorus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Neohygrophorus" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Neohygrophorus"):

Neohygrophorus angelesianus (a fungus with a small brown convex cap with a depressed disc; waxy wine-colored gills and a brown stalk; fruits in or near melting snow banks in the western mountains of North America)

Holonyms ("Neohygrophorus" is a member of...):

family Hygrophoraceae; Hygrophoraceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance)

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