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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