USTILAGINOIDEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ustilaginoidea mean? 

• USTILAGINOIDEA (noun)
  The noun USTILAGINOIDEA has 1 sense:

1. genus of imperfect fungi causing plant diseases like smut

  Familiarity information: USTILAGINOIDEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• USTILAGINOIDEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of imperfect fungi causing plant diseases like smut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ustilaginoidea; Ustilaginoidea

Hypernyms ("Ustilaginoidea" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Ustilaginoidea"):

green smut fungus; Ustilaginoidea virens (fungus causing green smut in rice)

Holonyms ("Ustilaginoidea" is a member of...):

Dematiaceae; family Dematiaceae (family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia)