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GENUS PERTUSARIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pertusaria mean?

• GENUS PERTUSARIA (noun)
The noun GENUS PERTUSARIA has 1 sense:

1. crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus

Familiarity information: GENUS PERTUSARIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS PERTUSARIA (noun)

Sense 1

genus Pertusaria ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pertusaria; Pertusaria

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

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

family Pertusariaceae; Pertusariaceae (a fungus family of division Lichenes)

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