ORDER ERYSIPHALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Erysiphales mean? 

• ORDER ERYSIPHALES (noun)
  The noun ORDER ERYSIPHALES has 1 sense:

1. saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants

  Familiarity information: ORDER ERYSIPHALES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER ERYSIPHALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Erysiphales; order Erysiphales

Hypernyms ("order Erysiphales" is a kind of...):

fungus order (the order of fungi)

Meronyms (members of "order Erysiphales"):

Erysiphaceae; family Erysiphaceae (family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews)

Holonyms ("order Erysiphales" is a member of...):

class Pyrenomycetes; Pyrenomycetes (class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora)