2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Autoecious \Au*t[oe]"cious\, a. [Auto- + Gr. ? house.] (Biol.) Passing through all its stages on one host, as certain parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with {heter[oe]cious}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: autoecious adj : of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host; "autoecious rust fungi" [syn: {homoecious}] [ant: {heteroecious}]
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