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SPHACELOTHECA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of smut fungus

Synonyms:

genus Sphacelotheca; Sphacelotheca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

smut; smut fungus (any fungus of the order Ustilaginales)

Meronyms (members of "Sphacelotheca"):

head smut; Sphacelotheca reiliana (smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut)

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

family Ustilaginaceae; Ustilaginaceae (a fungus family of loose smuts)

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