GENUS DICTOSTYLIUM

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Meaning:

Genus of slime molds that grow on dung and decaying vegetation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Dictostylium" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dictostylium"):

dictostylium (any slime mold of the genus Dictostylium)

Holonyms ("genus Dictostylium" is a member of...):

Acrasiomycetes; class Acrasiomycetes (cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista)