TUBERCULARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tubercularia mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Tuberculariaceae; fungi with nodules of red or pink conidia; some cause diebacks of woody plants

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUBERCULARIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Tuberculariaceae; fungi with nodules of red or pink conidia; some cause diebacks of woody plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Tubercularia; Tubercularia

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

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

family Tuberculariaceae; Tuberculariaceae (large family of mainly saprophytic imperfect fungi)