demicyclic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From demi- +‎ cyclic.

Adjective[edit]

demicyclic

  1. (mycology, of a rust) Not producing a uredinium on infected plants.
    • 1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 252:
      It should be noted that Tranzschel's law does not necessarily apply to autoecious macro- or demicyclic rusts derived from heteroecious species.