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PERTUSARIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A fungus family of division Lichenes

Synonyms:

family Pertusariaceae; Pertusariaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Pertusariaceae"):

genus Pertusaria; Pertusaria (crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus)

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

division Lichenes; Lichenes (comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi)

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