ˌek(ˌ)sōbəˌsidēˈāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Exobasidium, type genus + -aceae
: a family comprising fungi parasitic on higher plants and producing their hymenium as a thin coating on the surface of the host plant and without differentiation of a fruiting body — see exobasidium , exobasidiales