CLATHRACEAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Clathraceae mean? 

• CLATHRACEAE (noun)
  The noun CLATHRACEAE has 1 sense:

1. family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns

  Familiarity information: CLATHRACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLATHRACEAE (noun)

Meaning:

Family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clathraceae; family Clathraceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Clathraceae"):

Clathrus; genus Clathrus (type genus of the Clathraceae)

genus Pseudocolus; Pseudocolus (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Clathraceae)

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

order Phallales; Phallales (order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)