AUTOECIOUS
autoecious, homoecious
(adjective) of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host; “autoecious rust fungi”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
autoecious (not comparable)
Pertaining to a fungus, most often a rust, completing its life cycle on one host.
Antonyms
• heteroecious
Source: Wiktionary
Au*to"cious, a. [Auto-+ Gr. house.] (Biol.)
Definition: Passing through all its stages on one host, as certain parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with heterocious.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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