THIELAVIA

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Meaning:

Genus of fungi having spherical brown perithecia and some conidia borne in chains; cause root rot

Synonyms:

genus Thielavia; Thielavia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Thielavia"):

brown root rot fungus; Thielavia basicola (fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families)

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

Aspergillaceae; family Aspergillaceae (family of fungi including some common molds)