water mold

English

Etymology

Early species were thought to be fungi and to prefer high humidity

Noun

water mold (countable and uncountable, plural water molds)

Any of the class Oomycetes of chromists that includes many plant pathogens.

References

water mold on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Oomycetes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Oomycetes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

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