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CLADONIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of lichens
Synonyms:
Cladoniaceae; family Cladoniaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cladoniaceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "Cladoniaceae"):
Cladonia; genus Cladonia (type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia)
Holonyms ("Cladoniaceae" is a member of...):
division Lichenes; Lichenes (comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi)
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