noun
a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped
• Syn: ↑subclass Discomycetes
• Derivationally related forms: ↑discomycetous
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ascomycetes, ↑class Ascomycetes
• Member Meronyms: ↑discomycete, ↑cup fungus, ↑Pezizales, ↑order Pezizales
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Discomycetes /dis-kō-mī-sēˈtēz/ (botany)
plural noun
A group of fungi (Ascomycetes) with open apothecia
ORIGIN: Gr diskos disc, and mykētes, pl of mykēs a fungus
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disˈcomycete noun
discomycēˈtous adjective
Useful english dictionary. 2012.