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dematiaceous

dematiaceous adjective: of or relating to a group of fungi that produce melanin in their cell walls, giving them a characteristic brown colour when grown on agar.

Adjective

dematiaceous (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a group of fungi that produce melanin in their cell walls, giving them a characteristic brown colour when grown on agar.

Words formed from dematiaceous

Questions about dematiaceous

What does dematiaceous mean?
Dematiaceous means of or relating to a group of fungi that produce melanin in their cell walls, giving them a characteristic brown colour when grown on agar.
What part of speech is dematiaceous?
Dematiaceous is an adjective.

Words near dematiaceous in the dictionary

  1. dematerializers
  2. dematerializes
  3. dematerializing
  4. demates
  5. demath
  6. dematiaceous
  7. dematin
  8. demating
  9. dematioid
  10. dematomyositis
  11. Dematos

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