Hypernym

noun

(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

Member_meronym

noun

fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota

noun

order of chiefly aquatic fungi

noun

order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae

noun

family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants

Oomycetes 1

noundomain: plant

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctists

Synonyms

class Oomycetes 1
nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctists

Member_holonym

noun

fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota

noun

order of chiefly aquatic fungi

noun

order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae

noun

family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants