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CHYTRIDIALES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chytridiales mean?
• CHYTRIDIALES (noun)
The noun CHYTRIDIALES has 1 sense:
1. simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes
Familiarity information: CHYTRIDIALES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chytridiales; order Chytridiales
Hypernyms ("Chytridiales" is a kind of...):
fungus order (the order of fungi)
Meronyms (members of "Chytridiales"):
Chytridiaceae; family Chytridiaceae (a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales)
family Synchytriaceae; Synchytriaceae (a fungus family of order Chytridiales)
Holonyms ("Chytridiales" 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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