noun
order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium
• Syn: ↑order Moniliales
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Deuteromycota, ↑subdivision Deuteromycota, ↑Deuteromycotina, ↑Fungi imperfecti, ↑subdivision Deuteromycotina
• Member Meronyms:
↑genus Verticillium, ↑Moniliaceae, ↑family Moniliaceae, ↑genus Candida, ↑Blastomyces, ↑genus Blastomyces, ↑Dematiaceae, ↑family Dematiaceae, ↑Tuberculariaceae, ↑family Tuberculariaceae
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\\məˌnilēˈā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores or having conidiophores that are superficial and free or gathered in tufts or pulvinate masses but never enclosed in an acervulus or pycnidium
Useful english dictionary. 2012.