MUCOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mucor mean? 

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

1. any mold of the genus Mucor

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUCOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any mold of the genus Mucor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

mold; mould (a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter)

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

genus Mucor (type genus of the Mucoraceae; genus of molds having cylindrical or pear-shaped sporangia not limited in location to points where rhizoids develop)