monilia

American  

[muh-nil-ee-uh] / məˈnɪl i ə /

noun

1. a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.

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Etymology

Origin of monilia

1745–55; < New Latin, derivative of Latin monīle necklace; -ia

Example Sentences

Plinius rusticas transpadanas ex electro monilia gestare adfirmat, quum � Venetis primum agnoscere didicissent adversus nimirum vitia gutturis et tonsillarum.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William

Infelix virgo tota bacchatur in urbe: Non styrace Idæo fragrantes picta capillos, Cognita non teneris pedibus Sicyonia servans, Non niveo retinens baccata monilia collo.”—v.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John