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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host;
- Example: "autoecious rust fungi"
[syn: autoecious, homoecious]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Autoecious \Au*t[oe]"cious\, a. [Auto- + Gr. ? house.] (Biol.) Passing through all its stages on one host, as certain parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with heter[oe]cious. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

autoecious adj 1: of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host; "autoecious rust fungi" [syn: autoecious, homoecious] [ant: heteroecious]