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SCLEROTINIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia; some causing brown rot diseases in plants
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sclerotinia" 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sclerotinia"):
brown cup (a variety of sclerotinia)
Holonyms ("sclerotinia" is a member of...):
genus Sclerotinia (large genus of ascomycetous fungi including various destructive plant pathogens)
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