PYTHIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pythium mean? 

• PYTHIUM (noun)
  The noun PYTHIUM has 1 sense:

1. any fungus of the genus Pythium

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYTHIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any fungus of the genus Pythium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pythium" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pythium"):

damping off fungus; Pythium debaryanum (fungus causing damping off disease in seedlings)

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

genus Pythium (destructive root-parasitic fungi)