-ˈsfirə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from pod- + -sphaera
: a genus of powdery mildews (family Erysiphaceae) having perithecia with only a single ascus and rigid usually dichotomously branched but sometimes simple appendages
-ˈsfirə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from pod- + -sphaera
: a genus of powdery mildews (family Erysiphaceae) having perithecia with only a single ascus and rigid usually dichotomously branched but sometimes simple appendages
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012