Phoma

noun

Pho·​ma

ˈfōmə

: a large form genus of imperfect fungi (family Sphaeropsidaceae) typically stem-inhabiting but some causing destructive rots of fruits or roots and having nonseptate hyaline ovate to elongate pycnospores in pycnidia compare phomopsis

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek phōis blister

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