noun
order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae
• Syn: ↑order Peronosporales
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Oomycetes, ↑class Oomycetes
• Member Meronyms: ↑Peronosporaceae, ↑family Peronosporaceae, ↑Albuginaceae, ↑family Albuginaceae, ↑Pythiaceae, ↑family Pythiaceae
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\\ˌperəˌnäspəˈrā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order comprising chiefly parasitic lower fungi (subclass Oomycetes) that have equally biflagellate zoospores and conidia which either germinate directly or act as sporangia and contain the families Albuginaceae, Peronosporaceae, and Pythiaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.