genus gymnosporangium

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   genus of fungi that produce galls on cedars and other conifers of genera Juniperus and Libocedrus and causes rust spots on apples and pears and other plants of family Rosaceae

   SynonymsGymnosporangium

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofPucciniaceae

Questions about genus gymnosporangium

What does genus gymnosporangium mean?

genus gymnosporangium means "genus of fungi that produce galls on cedars and other conifers of genera Juniperus and Libocedrus and causes rust spots on apples and pears and other plants of family Rosaceae".

What is another word for genus gymnosporangium?

Close synonyms include Gymnosporangium. 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 gymnosporangium a common word?

genus gymnosporangium 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.