pythium

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1. any fungus of the genus Pythium (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus,
definition	:	an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	damping off fungus, pythium debaryanum,
definition	:	fungus causing damping off disease in seedlings (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus pythium,
definition	:	destructive root-parasitic fungi (noun.plant)