ˌpəkˈsinēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Tommaso Puccini died 1735 Italian anatomist + New Latin -ia
: a very large genus (the type of the family Pucciniaceae) that is sometimes separated into four genera and consists of heteroecious parasitic fungi having 2-celled teliospores whose pedicels do not gelatinize and aecia with a pseudoperidium and including many forms that are destructive to various economic plants — see wheat rust
• puc·cin·oid -ˌnȯid adjective