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    ALECTORIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallusplay

    Synonyms:

    Alectoria; genus Alectoria

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

    Meronyms (members of "Alectoria"):

    horsehair lichen; horsetail lichen (any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair)

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

    family Usneaceae; Usneaceae (fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria)

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