genus cronartium

1. 1.

   rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns

   SynonymsCronartium

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofMelampsoraceae

Questions about genus cronartium

What does genus cronartium mean?

genus cronartium means "rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns".

What is another word for genus cronartium?

Close synonyms include Cronartium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus cronartium a common word?

genus cronartium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.