GENUS MONILIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Monilia mean? 

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

1. genus of parasitic yeastlike imperfect fungi having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains; some species usually placed in other genera especially genus Candida

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MONILIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of parasitic yeastlike imperfect fungi having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains; some species usually placed in other genera especially genus Candida

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Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Monilia"):

monilia (any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia)

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

family Moniliaceae; Moniliaceae (family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies)