water mold

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   parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil

   Broadermold

   Part ofSaprolegnia

Questions about water mold

What does water mold mean?

water mold means "parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil".

Is water mold a common word?

water mold 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.