oomycetes
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1. nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctists (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | class, |
definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
member holonym | : | order saprolegniales, saprolegniales, |
definition | : | order of chiefly aquatic fungi (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | order peronosporales, peronosporales, |
definition | : | order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | family plasmodiophoraceae, plasmodiophoraceae, |
definition | : | family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | mastigomycota, mastigomycotina, subdivision mastigomycota, subdivision mastigomycotina, |
definition | : | fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota (noun.plant) |
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