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GENUS RHIZOPUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of rot-causing fungi having columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored to the substrate by rhizoids
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Rhizopus" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "genus Rhizopus"):
rhizopus (any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus)
bread mold; Rhizopus nigricans (a mold of the genus Rhizopus)
leak fungus; Rhizopus stolonifer; ring rot fungus (fungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoes)
Holonyms ("genus Rhizopus" is a member of...):
family Mucoraceae; Mucoraceae (large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products)
