genus sclerotium

1. 1.

   form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants

   SynonymsSclerotium

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofMycelia Sterilia

Questions about genus sclerotium

What does genus sclerotium mean?

genus sclerotium means "form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants".

What is another word for genus sclerotium?

Close synonyms include Sclerotium. 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 sclerotium a common word?

genus sclerotium 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.