homoecious

1. 1.

   of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host

   “autoecious rust fungi”

   Synonymsautoecious

Questions about homoecious

What does homoecious mean?

homoecious means "of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host".

How many syllables are in homoecious?

homoecious has 5 syllables: ho-mo-e-ci-ous. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for homoecious?

Close synonyms include autoecious. 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 homoecious a common word?

homoecious 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.