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SPHAERIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia

Synonyms:

family Sphaeriaceae; Sphaeriaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Sphaeriaceae"):

genus Neurospora; Neurospora (genus of fungi with black perithecia used extensively in genetic research; includes some forms with orange spore masses that cause severe damage in bakeries)

Holonyms ("Sphaeriaceae" 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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