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    DIVISION LICHENES

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungiplay

    Synonyms:

    division Lichenes; Lichenes

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("division Lichenes" is a kind of...):

    division ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum)

    Meronyms (members of "division Lichenes"):

    Lichenales; order Lichenales (category used especially in former classifications for organisms now constituting the division Lichenes)

    lichen (any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.)

    Lechanorales; order Lechanorales (category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia)

    family Lecanoraceae; Lecanoraceae (a fungus family of the division Lichenes)

    family Roccellaceae; Roccellaceae; family Pertusariaceae; Pertusariaceae (a fungus family of division Lichenes)

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

    Cladoniaceae; family Cladoniaceae; family Parmeliaceae; Parmeliaceae (a family of lichens)

    Holonyms ("division Lichenes" is a member of...):

    Fungi; fungus kingdom; kingdom Fungi (the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants)

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