Urocystis

noun

Uro·​cys·​tis

: a genus of smuts (family Tilletiaceae) having compound chlamydospores with the dark central cells fertile and the outer sterile see flag smut, onion smut

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ur- entry 2 + -cystis

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