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Noun
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Geastrum
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genus Geastrum
(type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments)
member holonym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
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(n)
fungus genus
(includes lichen genera)
S:
(n)
genus
((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)
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(n)
taxonomic group
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taxonomic category
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taxon
(animal or plant group having natural relations)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
biological group
(a group of plants or animals)
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(n)
genotype
(a group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution)
S:
(n)
clade
(a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor)
S:
(n)
taxonomic group
,
taxonomic category
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taxon
(animal or plant group having natural relations)
S:
(n)
animal group
(a group of animals)
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(n)
colony
(a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together)
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(n)
division
((biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category)
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(n)
generation
(group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent)
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(n)
descendants
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posterity
(all of the offspring of a given progenitor)
"we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"