1. of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host; - Example: "autoecious rust fungi" [syn: autoecious, homoecious]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
homoecious
adj 1: of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire
life cycle on a single host; "autoecious rust fungi"
[syn: autoecious, homoecious] [ant: heteroecious]