GENUS SCLEROTINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sclerotinia mean? 

• GENUS SCLEROTINIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS SCLEROTINIA has 1 sense:

1. large genus of ascomycetous fungi including various destructive plant pathogens

  Familiarity information: GENUS SCLEROTINIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SCLEROTINIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Large genus of ascomycetous fungi including various destructive plant pathogens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Sclerotinia" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sclerotinia"):

sclerotinia (any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia; some causing brown rot diseases in plants)

Holonyms ("genus Sclerotinia" is a member of...):

family Sclerotiniaceae; Sclerotiniaceae (a fungus family of order Helotiales)