RHIZOPUS


Meaning of RHIZOPUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrī-zə-pəs, -ˌpu̇s ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from rhiz- + Greek pous foot — more at foot

Date: 1887

: any of a genus ( Rhizopus ) of mold fungi including some economically valuable forms and some plant or animal pathogens (as a bread mold)

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