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HYGROPHORACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance
Synonyms:
family Hygrophoraceae; Hygrophoraceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hygrophoraceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "Hygrophoraceae"):
waxycap (any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance)
genus Hygrocybe; Hygrocybe; genus Hygrophorus; Hygrophorus; genus Hygrotrama; Hygrotrama; genus Neohygrophorus; Neohygrophorus (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae)
Holonyms ("Hygrophoraceae" is a member of...):
Agaricales; order Agaricales (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)
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