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Definition of Albugo
1. Noun. Type genus of the Albuginaceae; fungi causing white rusts.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Albuginaceae, Family Albuginaceae
Member holonyms: White Rust
Definition of Albugo
1. n. Same as Leucoma.
Definition of Albugo
1. Noun. (dated) A leucoma. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Albugo
1. a white opacity of the eye [n -S]
Medical Definition of Albugo
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Origin: L, whiteness, fr. Albus white.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Albugo
Literary usage of Albugo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1907)
"albugo Bliti (Biv.) Kuntze. AMARANTHUS GRAECIZANS L. albugo Bliti (Biv.) Kuntze.
... GW Wilson. AMBROSIA PSILOSTACHYA DC. albugo ..."
2. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"albugo. Species. Candida. B. Habitat: This fungus is parasitic on plants belonging
to the mustard family (Cruciferae). It causes the " blister- blight," or ..."
3. Fecundation in Plants by David Myers Mottier (1904)
"The nuclear behavior and certain cytoplasmic phenomena manifested in the development
of the sexual organs, especially the oogonium, of the genus albugo is', ..."
4. What Words Say: A Practical Analysis of Words : for Use in Elementary Schools by John Kennedy (1887)
"... is the white mineral occuring in granite as one of its constituents. d albugo
is a disease of the eye in the form of a white spot growing on the cornea. ..."
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