aecium

English Thesaurus

1. fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fruiting body,
definition	:	an organ specialized for producing spores (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	rust, rust fungus,
definition	:	any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants (noun.plant)

derivation	:	aecial,
definition	:	of or belonging to an aecium (adj.pert)

derivation	:	aecial,
definition	:	of or belonging to an aecium (adj.pert)