helminthosporium

noun

hel·​min·​tho·​spo·​ri·​um

-rēəm

1

capitalized : a form genus of saprophytic or parasitic imperfect fungi (family Dematiaceae) having erect conidiophores and elongate, clavate or cylindric, several-septate spores see barley stripe

2

plural helminthosporia

-rēə

or helminthosporiums : any fungus of the genus Helminthosporium

helminthosporoid

(¦)⸗¦⸗⸗¦spōrȯid

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from helminth- + -sporium

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