genus candida

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1. a genus of yeastlike imperfect fungi; sometimes included in genus Monilia of the family Moniliaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus genus,
definition	:	includes lichen genera (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	candida,
definition	:	any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	candida albicans, monilia albicans,
definition	:	a parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth or the skin or the intestines or the vagina (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	moniliales, order moniliales,
definition	:	order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium (noun.plant)