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GENUS PERONOSPORA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Peronospora mean?
• GENUS PERONOSPORA (noun)
The noun GENUS PERONOSPORA has 1 sense:
1. genus of destructive downy mildews
Familiarity information: GENUS PERONOSPORA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of destructive downy mildews
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Peronospora; Peronospora
Hypernyms ("genus Peronospora" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "genus Peronospora"):
blue mold fungus; Peronospora tabacina (fungus causing a serious disease in tobacco plants characterized by bluish-grey mildew on undersides of leaves)
onion mildew; Peronospora destructor (fungus causing a downy mildew on onions)
Peronospora hyoscyami; tobacco mildew (fungus causing a downy mildew on growing tobacco)
Holonyms ("genus Peronospora" is a member of...):
family Peronosporaceae; Peronosporaceae (parasitic fungi: downy mildews)
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