Albuginaceae

plural noun

Al·​bu·​gi·​na·​ce·​ae

(ˌ)al-ˌbyü-jə-ˈnā-sē-ˌē

: a family of fungi (order Peronosporales) that produce whitish blisterlike conidial sori on certain flowering plants and that reproduce by forming conidia in chains within the sori or by producing oospores within the affected host tissue compare white rust

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Albugin-, Albugo, type genus + -aceae

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

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