GENUS ALBUGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Albugo mean? 

• GENUS ALBUGO (noun)
  The noun GENUS ALBUGO has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Albuginaceae; fungi causing white rusts

  Familiarity information: GENUS ALBUGO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ALBUGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Albuginaceae; fungi causing white rusts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Albugo; genus Albugo

Hypernyms ("genus Albugo" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Albugo"):

white rust (fungus causing a disease characterized by a white powdery mass of conidia)

Holonyms ("genus Albugo" is a member of...):

Albuginaceae; family Albuginaceae (fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants)