noun
a genus of rot-causing fungi having columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored to the substrate by rhizoids
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mucoraceae, ↑family Mucoraceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑rhizopus, ↑bread mold, ↑Rhizopus nigricans, ↑leak fungus, ↑ring rot fungus, ↑Rhizopus stolonifer
Useful english dictionary. 2012.