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ALL meanings of autoecious

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  • adjective autoecious (of parasites, esp the rust fungi) completing the entire life cycle on a single species of host 3
  • adjective autoecious (of plants, esp mosses) having male and female reproductive organs on the same plant 3
  • adjective autoecious passing the entire life cycle on one host, as certain parasites do, esp. rust fungi 3
  • noun autoecious the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts. 1
  • noun autoecious Pertaining to a fungus, most often a rust, completing its life cycle on one host. 1
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