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    XYLARIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromataplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Xylaria; Xylaria

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

    Meronyms (members of "Xylaria"):

    black root rot fungus; Xylaria mali (fungus causing black root rot in apples)

    dead-man's-fingers; dead-men's-fingers; Xylaria polymorpha (the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria)

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

    family Xylariaceae; Xylariaceae (family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores)

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