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    DISCOMYCETES

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shapedplay

    Synonyms:

    Discomycetes; subclass Discomycetes

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "Discomycetes"):

    cup fungus; discomycete (any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes)

    order Pezizales; Pezizales (order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps)

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

    Ascomycetes; class Ascomycetes (large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi)

    Derivation:

    discomycetous (relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes)

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