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GENUS NEUROSPORA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Neurospora mean?
• GENUS NEUROSPORA (noun)
The noun GENUS NEUROSPORA has 1 sense:
1. genus of fungi with black perithecia used extensively in genetic research; includes some forms with orange spore masses that cause severe damage in bakeries
Familiarity information: GENUS NEUROSPORA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of fungi with black perithecia used extensively in genetic research; includes some forms with orange spore masses that cause severe damage in bakeries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Neurospora; Neurospora
Hypernyms ("genus Neurospora" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Holonyms ("genus Neurospora" is a member of...):
family Sphaeriaceae; Sphaeriaceae (parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia)
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