Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of a fungus, most often a rust: completing its life cycle on one host.

    of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host

Origin

From auto- + -oecious.

From auto- + -oecious.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host:homoecious

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

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