pythium

noun

pyth·​i·​um

ˈpithēəm

1

capitalized : a genus of destructive root-parasitic fungi (family Pythiaceae) having filamentous sporangia, smooth-walled spherical oogonia, and stalked antheridia and including forms (as P. debaryanum) that cause damping-off

2

plural -s : any fungus of the genus Pythium

pythium root necrosis

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek pythein to cause to rot + New Latin -ium

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