SUBCLASS HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES

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Meaning:

Category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts

Synonyms:

Heterobasidiomycetes; subclass Heterobasidiomycetes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("subclass Heterobasidiomycetes" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Holonyms ("subclass Heterobasidiomycetes" is a member of...):

Basidiomycetes; class Basidiomycetes (large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota)

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