FAMILY PEZIZACEAE
Dictionary entry overview: What does family Pezizaceae mean?
• FAMILY PEZIZACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY PEZIZACEAE has 1 sense:
1. large family comprising many typical cup fungi
Familiarity information: FAMILY PEZIZACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FAMILY PEZIZACEAE (noun)
Meaning:
Large family comprising many typical cup fungi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
family Pezizaceae; Pezizaceae
Hypernyms ("family Pezizaceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "family Pezizaceae"):
genus Peziza; Peziza (type genus of the Pezizaceae: a variety of cup fungus)
genus Plectania; Plectania (genus of fungi in the family Pezizaceae closely related to and often included in genus Peziza)
Holonyms ("family Pezizaceae" is a member of...):
order Pezizales; Pezizales (order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps)