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MELAMPSORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Melampsora mean? 

MELAMPSORA (noun)
  The noun MELAMPSORA has 1 sense:

1. rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layerplay

  Familiarity information: MELAMPSORA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MELAMPSORA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Melampsora; Melampsora

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Melampsora"):

flax rust; flax rust fungus; Melampsora lini (fungus causing flax rust)

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

family Melampsoraceae; Melampsoraceae (rust fungi)


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