Hemileia

noun

Hemi·​leia

: a genus of rusts (order Uredinales) producing both urediospores and teliospores from a compound spore-bearing stalk

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from hemi- entry 1 + -leia (from Greek leios smooth, flat); from the shape of the spores

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