Definition of Parmeliaceae

1. Noun. A family of lichens.

Exact synonyms: Family Parmeliaceae
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Division Lichenes, Lichenes
Member holonyms: Genus Parmelia, Parmelia, Cetraria, Genus Cetraria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parmeliaceae

Parkinson's facies
Parkinson's law
Parkinson's syndrome
Parkinsonia
Parkinsonia aculeata
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonian
Parks
Parliament
Parliament House
Parliamentarian
Parliamentarians
Parma
Parma ham
Parmelia
Parmeliaceae (current term)
Parmenidean
Parmenides
Parmesan
Parmesans
Parmese
Parnahiba
Parnaiba
Parnell
Parnika
Parochetus
Parochetus communis

Literary usage of Parmeliaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"PARME'LIA, Ach.—An extensive genus of Parmeliaceae, characterized by the spreading, lobed, foliaceous thallus, with orbicular apothecia tiled by a central ..."

2. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"Mobile County, lower pine barrens. Louisianian and Carolinian areas. Texas to Florida, along the coast to New Jersey. Family Parmeliaceae, Tribe ..."

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