GENUS BLASTOMYCES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Blastomyces mean? 

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

1. genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS BLASTOMYCES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Blastomyces; genus Blastomyces

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

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

Moniliales; order Moniliales (order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium)