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ERYSIPHALES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Erysiphales mean?
• ERYSIPHALES (noun)
The noun ERYSIPHALES has 1 sense:
1. saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants
Familiarity information: ERYSIPHALES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Erysiphales; order Erysiphales
Hypernyms ("Erysiphales" is a kind of...):
fungus order (the order of fungi)
Meronyms (members of "Erysiphales"):
Erysiphaceae; family Erysiphaceae (family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews)
Holonyms ("Erysiphales" is a member of...):
class Pyrenomycetes; Pyrenomycetes (class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora)
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