Puccinia
noun
Puc·cin·ia
ˌpəkˈsinēə
: a very large genus (the type of the family Pucciniaceae) that is sometimes separated into four genera and consists of heteroecious parasitic fungi having 2-celled teliospores whose pedicels do not gelatinize and aecia with a pseudoperidium and including many forms that are destructive to various economic plants see wheat rust
puccinoid adjective
-ˌnȯid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Tommaso Puccini †1735 Italian anatomist + New Latin -ia