GYMNOSPORANGIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gymnosporangium mean? 

• GYMNOSPORANGIUM (noun)
  The noun GYMNOSPORANGIUM has 1 sense:

1. genus of fungi that produce galls on cedars and other conifers of genera Juniperus and Libocedrus and causes rust spots on apples and pears and other plants of family Rosaceae

  Familiarity information: GYMNOSPORANGIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYMNOSPORANGIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of fungi that produce galls on cedars and other conifers of genera Juniperus and Libocedrus and causes rust spots on apples and pears and other plants of family Rosaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Gymnosporangium; Gymnosporangium

Hypernyms ("Gymnosporangium" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Gymnosporangium"):

apple rust; cedar-apple rust; Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae (rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc)

Holonyms ("Gymnosporangium" is a member of...):

family Pucciniaceae; Pucciniaceae (large important family of rust fungi)