PELLICULARIA KOLEROGA

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Meaning:

Fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants

Synonyms:

coffee fungus; Pellicularia koleroga

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Pellicularia koleroga" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Holonyms ("Pellicularia koleroga" is a member of...):

genus Pellicularia; Pellicularia (genus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia)

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