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YELLOW SPOT FUNGUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia)
Synonyms:
Cercospora kopkei; yellow spot fungus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("yellow spot fungus" is a kind of...):
fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)
Domain region:
Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)
Holonyms ("yellow spot fungus" is a member of...):
Cercospora; genus Cercospora (form genus of imperfect fungi that are leaf parasites with long slender spores)