family roccellaceae

English Thesaurus

1. a fungus family of division Lichenes (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus family,
definition	:	includes lichen families (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus roccella,
definition	:	chiefly fruticose maritime rock-inhabiting lichens (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	division lichenes, lichenes,
definition	:	comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi (noun.plant)