autœcious

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• autoecious — au•toe•cious [[t]ɔˈti ʃəs[/t]] adj. fng spending all stages of the life cycle on one host, as certain parasitic fungi • Etymology: 1880–85; aut +oec (< Gk oik , s. of oîkos house) + ious au•toe′cious•ly, adv. au•toe′cious•ness, n. au•toe′cism… …   From formal English to slang

• PERA — I. PERA Latine etiam Cornu Byzantii, Graec. Chrysoceras, urbs Thraciae, prope Constantinopol. nunc Galata, versus suburbium, ubi Latini degunt. II. PERA an a τηρεῖν, aut φέρειν, quod servet aut serat; an a περὶ, quod lata sit ac sinuosa; an a… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

• Heteroecious — Het er*[oe] cious, a. [Hetero + Gr. ? house.] (Bot.) Passing through the different stages in its life history on an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat rust fungus ({Puccinia graminis}), and certain other parasitic fungi; contrasted with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Heteroecism — Heteroecious Het er*[oe] cious, a. [Hetero + Gr. ? house.] (Bot.) Passing through the different stages in its life history on an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat rust fungus ({Puccinia graminis}), and certain other parasitic fungi;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Puccinia graminis — Heteroecious Het er*[oe] cious, a. [Hetero + Gr. ? house.] (Bot.) Passing through the different stages in its life history on an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat rust fungus ({Puccinia graminis}), and certain other parasitic fungi;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Autoecism — Au*t[oe] cism, n. Quality of being aut[oe]cious. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English