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PARMELIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of lichens
Synonyms:
family Parmeliaceae; Parmeliaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Parmeliaceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "Parmeliaceae"):
genus Parmelia; Parmelia (type genus of the Parmeliaceae; a large genus of chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens)
Cetraria; genus Cetraria (foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes)
Holonyms ("Parmeliaceae" 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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