n 1  cap  :  a genus of budding imperfect fungi that resemble yeasts and include a number of saprophytes and a few serious pathogens  2  pl  -coc*ci   :  any fungus of the genus Cryptococcus cryp*to*coc*cal adj 
 
 
 
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