family peronosporaceae

English Thesaurus

1. parasitic fungi: downy mildews (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus family,
definition	:	includes lichen families (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus peronospora, peronospora,
definition	:	genus of destructive downy mildews (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	downy mildew, false mildew,
definition	:	any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	order peronosporales, peronosporales,
definition	:	order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae (noun.plant)