What is "autoecious"

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.

a. Pertaining to a fungus, most often a rust, completing its life cycle on one host.

adj. of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host; "autoecious rust fungi" [syn: homoecious] [ant: heteroecious]