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VOLVARIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales

Synonyms:

family Volvariaceae; Volvariaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Volvariaceae"):

genus Volvaria; Volvaria (agarics having pink spores and a distinct volva)

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

Agaricales; order Agaricales (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)

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