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RHIZOCTINIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rhizoctinia mean?
• RHIZOCTINIA (noun)
The noun RHIZOCTINIA has 1 sense:
1. any fungus now or formerly belonging to the form genus Rhizoctinia
Familiarity information: RHIZOCTINIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any fungus now or formerly belonging to the form genus Rhizoctinia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("rhizoctinia" is a kind of...):
fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)
Holonyms ("rhizoctinia" is a member of...):
form genus Rhizoctinia; genus Rhizoctinia (form genus of imperfect fungi some species of which are now placed in genera Pellicularia and Corticium because their perfect stages have been found)
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