PELLICULARIA KOLEROGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pellicularia koleroga mean? 

• PELLICULARIA KOLEROGA (noun)
  The noun PELLICULARIA KOLEROGA has 1 sense:

1. fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants

  Familiarity information: PELLICULARIA KOLEROGA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PELLICULARIA KOLEROGA (noun)

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Meaning:

Fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

coffee fungus; Pellicularia koleroga

Hypernyms ("Pellicularia koleroga" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Holonyms ("Pellicularia koleroga" is a member of...):

genus Pellicularia; Pellicularia (genus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia)