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    GENUS PERONOSPORA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of destructive downy mildewsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Peronospora; Peronospora

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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