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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In mycology, the development of different stages of the same growth on different host-plants; the production of the æcidiospores or conidia of a fungus on one host, and of its uredospores and teleutospores on another.

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  • noun mycology Development of different stages of the same growth on different host‐plants; production of the æcidiospores or conidia of a fungus on one host, and of its uredospores and teleutospores on another.

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