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PUCCINIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Puccinia mean?
• PUCCINIA (noun)
The noun PUCCINIA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Pucciniaceae; a large genus of parasitic fungi including many that are destructive to various economic plants
Familiarity information: PUCCINIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Pucciniaceae; a large genus of parasitic fungi including many that are destructive to various economic plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Puccinia; Puccinia
Hypernyms ("Puccinia" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Puccinia"):
Puccinia graminis; wheat rust (rust fungus that attacks wheat)
Holonyms ("Puccinia" is a member of...):
family Pucciniaceae; Pucciniaceae (large important family of rust fungi)
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