Definition of Albugo

1. Noun. Type genus of the Albuginaceae; fungi causing white rusts.

Exact synonyms: Genus Albugo
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Albuginaceae, Family Albuginaceae
Member holonyms: White Rust

Definition of Albugo

1. n. Same as Leucoma.

Definition of Albugo

1. Noun. (dated) A leucoma. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Albugo

1. a white opacity of the eye [n -S]

Medical Definition of Albugo

1. Origin: L, whiteness, fr. Albus white. Same as Leucoma. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Albugo

albizzia
albizzias
albocinereous
albocracy
albolabrin
albolith
albondiga
albondigas
albonoursin
albrechtschraufite
albs
albuca
albuginea
albugineotomy
albugineous
albugo (current term)
albugos
albularyo
albularyos
album
album graecum
album track
albumen
albumenization
albumenize
albumenized
albumenizes
albumenizing
albumenoid
albumens

Literary usage of Albugo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1907)
"albugo Bliti (Biv.) Kuntze. AMARANTHUS GRAECIZANS L. albugo Bliti (Biv.) Kuntze. ... GW Wilson. AMBROSIA PSILOSTACHYA DC. albugo ..."

2. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"albugo. Species. Candida. B. Habitat: This fungus is parasitic on plants belonging to the mustard family (Cruciferae). It causes the " blister- blight," or ..."

3. Fecundation in Plants by David Myers Mottier (1904)
"The nuclear behavior and certain cytoplasmic phenomena manifested in the development of the sexual organs, especially the oogonium, of the genus albugo is', ..."

4. What Words Say: A Practical Analysis of Words : for Use in Elementary Schools by John Kennedy (1887)
"... is the white mineral occuring in granite as one of its constituents. d albugo is a disease of the eye in the form of a white spot growing on the cornea. ..."

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