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MELAMPSORA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Melampsora mean?
• MELAMPSORA (noun)
The noun MELAMPSORA has 1 sense:
1. rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer
Familiarity information: MELAMPSORA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Melampsora; Melampsora
Hypernyms ("Melampsora" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Melampsora"):
flax rust; flax rust fungus; Melampsora lini (fungus causing flax rust)
Holonyms ("Melampsora" is a member of...):
family Melampsoraceae; Melampsoraceae (rust fungi)
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