Uromycladium

noun

Uro·​my·​cla·​di·​um

-ˌmīˈklādēəm

: a genus of chiefly Australian rusts (family Pucciniaceae) distinguished by teliospores clustered at the top of a stalk with usually a colorless cyst just below and including several forms (as U. tepperianum) that disfigure and destroy wattles in Australia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Uromyces + clad- + -ium

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