Uredinopsis

noun

Uredi·​nop·​sis

-ˈäpsə̇s

: a genus of rusts that is related to Melampsora and has solitary sessile teliospores formed within the mesophyll of the leaves of the host

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from uredinium + -opsis

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