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tremelloid

tremelloid noun: any of the jelly fungi of the order Tremellales, yeasts and parasitics of other fungi.

tremelloid: any of the jelly fungi of the order Tremellales, yeasts and parasitics of other fungi
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Noun

tremelloid (plural tremelloids)

  1. Any of the jelly fungi of the order Tremellales, yeasts and parasitics of other fungi.
    • On the other hand, the meiosporangial tetrads in Entorrhiza are also essentially identical to those of Tetragoniomyces uliginosus, a tremelloid mycoparasite.2015 July 23, “Entorrhizomycota: A New Fungal Phylum Reveals New Perspectives on the Evolution of Fungi”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Adjective

tremelloid (comparative more tremelloid, superlative most tremelloid)

  1. Resembling these fungi; jelly-like.

Forms of tremelloid

Noun
pluraltremelloids
Adjective
comparativemore tremelloid
superlativemost tremelloid

Questions about tremelloid

What does tremelloid mean?
Tremelloid means any of the jelly fungi of the order Tremellales, yeasts and parasitics of other fungi.
What part of speech is tremelloid?
Tremelloid can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of tremelloid?
The plural of tremelloid is tremelloids.

Words near tremelloid in the dictionary

  1. Tremeirchion
  2. tremelimumab
  3. tremella
  4. tremellaceous
  5. tremellas
  6. tremelloid
  7. tremelloids
  8. tremellose
  9. Tremembé
  10. tremend
  11. tremendious

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