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English
Etymology
From demi- + cyclic.
Adjective
demicyclic
- (mycology, of a rust) Not producing a uredinium on infected plants.
1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 252:It should be noted that Tranzschel's law does not necessarily apply to autoecious macro- or demicyclic rusts derived from heteroecious species.