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homoecious

ho·moe·cious

uncommon

adjective

1.

of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host

  • “autoecious rust fungi”
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Origin

From Ancient Greek ὅμοιος- (hómoios-, “of like kind, similar”) + οἰκία (oikía, “house, family, tribe”), equivalent to homoe- + -oecious.

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