GENUS SPHACELOTHECA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sphacelotheca mean? 

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

1. genus of smut fungus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SPHACELOTHECA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of smut fungus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sphacelotheca; Sphacelotheca

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Sphacelotheca"):

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

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

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