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GYMNOSPORANGIUM

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Meaning:

Genus of fungi that produce galls on cedars and other conifers of genera Juniperus and Libocedrus and causes rust spots on apples and pears and other plants of family Rosaceae

Synonyms:

genus Gymnosporangium; Gymnosporangium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Gymnosporangium"):

apple rust; cedar-apple rust; Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae (rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc)

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

family Pucciniaceae; Pucciniaceae (large important family of rust fungi)

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