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MELAMPSORA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer

Synonyms:

genus Melampsora; Melampsora

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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