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ENTOLOMATACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales

Synonyms:

Entolomataceae; family Entolomataceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Entolomataceae"):

Entoloma; genus Entoloma (agarics with pink spores but lacking both volva and annulus (includes some that are poisonous))

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

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

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