-ˌla(a)rēˈāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Nidularia, type genus + -aceae
: a family of small fungi (order Nidulariales) comprising the bird's-nest fungi and having the spores formed in peridioles borne in the peridium like eggs in a nest — compare sphaerobolaceae
• nid·u·lar·i·a·ceous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|āshəs adjective