-rēəm noun
Etymology: New Latin, from helminth- + -sporium
1. capitalized : a form genus of saprophytic or parasitic imperfect fungi (family Dematiaceae) having erect conidiophores and elongate, clavate or cylindric, several-septate spores — see barley stripe
2. plural helminthospo·ria -rēə or helminthosporiums : any fungus of the genus Helminthosporium
• hel·min·tho·spo·roid (|) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|spōrȯid adjective