BREAD MOLD

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Meaning:

A mold of the genus Rhizopus

Synonyms:

bread mold; Rhizopus nigricans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bread mold" is a kind of...):

rhizopus (any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus)

Holonyms ("bread mold" is a member of...):

genus Rhizopus (a genus of rot-causing fungi having columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored to the substrate by rhizoids)