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PERONOSPORACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Parasitic fungi: downy mildews

Synonyms:

family Peronosporaceae; Peronosporaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Peronosporaceae"):

genus Peronospora; Peronospora (genus of destructive downy mildews)

downy mildew; false mildew (any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons)

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

order Peronosporales; Peronosporales (order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae)

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