| 释义 |
oid·i·um
\ōˈidēəm\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from o- + -idium
1.
a. capitalized : a genus of imperfect fungi (family Moniliaceae) including many now considered to represent conidial stages of various powdery mildews — compare blastomycetes, thrush
b. plural oid·ia \-ēə\ : a fungus of this genus
c. plural oidia : one of the small conidia borne in chains by various fungi (as members of the genus Oidium) — called also arthrospore
2. plural oidia : a powdery mildew caused by a fungus of the genus Oidium especially in the grape — compare oidiomycosis |