lichenes
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1. comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | division, |
definition | : | (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum (noun.group) |
member holonym | : | lichenales, order lichenales, |
definition | : | category used especially in former classifications for organisms now constituting the division Lichenes (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | lichen, |
definition | : | any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc. (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | lechanorales, order lechanorales, |
definition | : | category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | family usneaceae, usneaceae, |
definition | : | fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom fungi, |
definition | : | the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants (noun.plant) |
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