brown rot

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.

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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

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun

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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