BLASTOMYCES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi

Synonyms:

Blastomyces; genus Blastomyces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

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

Moniliales; order Moniliales (order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium)

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