Urocystis
noun
Uro·cys·tis
Definition of Urocystis
: a genus of smuts (family Tilletiaceae) having compound chlamydospores with the dark central cells fertile and the outer sterile — see flag smut, onion smut
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Origin and Etymology of urocystis
New Latin, from 2ur- + -cystis
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