PERTUSARIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus

Synonyms:

genus Pertusaria; Pertusaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

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

family Pertusariaceae; Pertusariaceae (a fungus family of division Lichenes)

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