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saprolegniaceous

saprolegniaceous adjective: belonging to the family Saprolegniaceae of oomycetes.

Adjective

saprolegniaceous (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the family Saprolegniaceae of oomycetes.

Origin of saprolegniaceous

From Saprolegniaceae + -ous.

Questions about saprolegniaceous

What does saprolegniaceous mean?
Saprolegniaceous means belonging to the family Saprolegniaceae of oomycetes.
What part of speech is saprolegniaceous?
Saprolegniaceous is an adjective.

Words near saprolegniaceous in the dictionary

  1. saprogenic
  2. saprogenicity
  3. saprogenous
  4. saprol
  5. saprolegnia
  6. saprolegniaceous
  7. saprolegnian
  8. saprolegnians
  9. saprolegniasis
  10. saprolegniosis
  11. saprolegnious

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