GENUS PHYTOPHTHORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phytophthora mean? 

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

1. destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PHYTOPHTHORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Phytophthora; Phytophthora

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Phytophthora"):

Phytophthora citrophthora (causes brown rot gummosis in citrus fruits)

Phytophthora infestans (fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes)

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

family Pythiaceae; Pythiaceae (fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores)