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GENUS MONILIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of parasitic yeastlike imperfect fungi having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains; some species usually placed in other genera especially genus Candida
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Monilia" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "genus Monilia"):
monilia (any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia)
Holonyms ("genus Monilia" is a member of...):
family Moniliaceae; Moniliaceae (family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies)
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