SCLEROTINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sclerotinia mean? 

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

1. any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia; some causing brown rot diseases in plants

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCLEROTINIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia; some causing brown rot diseases in plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sclerotinia" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sclerotinia"):

brown cup (a variety of sclerotinia)

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

genus Sclerotinia (large genus of ascomycetous fungi including various destructive plant pathogens)