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demicyclic

demicyclic adjective: not producing a uredinium on infected plants.

Adjective

demicyclic

  1. Not producing a uredinium on infected plants.
    • It should be noted that Tranzschel's law does not necessarily apply to autoecious macro- or demicyclic rusts derived from heteroecious species.1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York...

Origin of demicyclic

From demi- + cyclic.

Questions about demicyclic

What does demicyclic mean?
Demicyclic means not producing a uredinium on infected plants.
What part of speech is demicyclic?
Demicyclic is an adjective.

Words near demicyclic in the dictionary

  1. demicontinuity
  2. demiculverin
  3. demiculverins
  4. demicup
  5. demicups
  6. demicyclic
  7. demicylinder
  8. demicylinders
  9. demicylindrical
  10. demicytoplast
  11. demicytoplasts

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