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bread mold

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bread mold
n.
Any of various fungi of the genus Rhizopus that form a dense cottony growth on bread and other foods.
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Noun1.bread mold - a mold of the genus Rhizopus
Rhizopus nigricans
genus Rhizopus - a genus of rot-causing fungi having columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored to the substrate by rhizoids
rhizopus - any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus


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