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BLASTOCLADIALES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes

Synonyms:

Blastocladiales; order Blastocladiales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus order (the order of fungi)

Meronyms (members of "Blastocladiales"):

Blastodiaceae; family Blastodiaceae (a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales)

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

Chytridiomycetes; class Chytridiomycetes (a class of mostly aquatic fungi; saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants)

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