THIELAVIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thielavia mean? 

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

1. genus of fungi having spherical brown perithecia and some conidia borne in chains; cause root rot

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THIELAVIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of fungi having spherical brown perithecia and some conidia borne in chains; cause root rot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Thielavia; Thielavia

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Thielavia"):

brown root rot fungus; Thielavia basicola (fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families)

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

Aspergillaceae; family Aspergillaceae (family of fungi including some common molds)