Library / English Dictionary

PHYTOPHTHORA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants

Synonyms:

genus Phytophthora; Phytophthora

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Phytophthora"):

Phytophthora citrophthora (causes brown rot gummosis in citrus fruits)

Phytophthora infestans (fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes)

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

family Pythiaceae; Pythiaceae (fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores)

Credits