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CERATOSTOMATACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks

Synonyms:

Ceratostomataceae; family Ceratostomataceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Ceratostomataceae"):

Ceratostomella; genus Ceratostomella (genus of fungi forming continuous hyaline spores)

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

order Sphaeriales; Sphaeriales (large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders)

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