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LYCOPERDACEAE

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Meaning:

A fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs

Synonyms:

family Lycoperdaceae; Lycoperdaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Lycoperdaceae"):

genus Lycoperdon; Lycoperdon (genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium)

puffball; true puffball (any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature)

Calvatia; genus Calvatia (genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores)

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

Lycoperdales; order Lycoperdales (small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars)

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