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brown rot

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brown rot
n.
Any of several plant diseases, especially a disease of peach, plum, apricot, cherry, and related plants, characterized by wilting and browning of the flowers and leaves and rotting of the fruits.

brown rot
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plant Pathology) a disease of apples, peaches, etc., caused by fungi of the genus Sclerotinia and characterized by yellowish-brown masses of spores on the plant surface
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plant Pathology) decay of timber caused by the action of fungi on the cellulose

brown rot
Any of several plant diseases, especially a disease of peach, plum, cherry, and related plants, caused by an ascomycete fungus and characterized by wilting and browning of the flowers and leaves and rotting of the fruits.
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Noun1.brown rot - any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues
plant disease - a disease that affects plants
brown rot gummosis, gummosis - disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora
ring disease, ring rot, tobacco wilt - disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum


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I hope Brown rots & sees Andrew's face when he goes to sleep as I do ANDREW ROBB'S MOTHER ANN We're delighted but this isn't the end.
Penetreat provides a protective "shell" coating which helps defend your home against dry, wet, and brown rot, as well as termites, house borers, powder post beetles, and carpenter ants, (to name a few).
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