Meaning | A disease that affects plants. |
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Narrower | Dutch elm disease | disease of elms caused by a fungus |
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black knot | disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches |
black rot | A fungous disease causing darkening and decay of the leaves of fruits and vegetables |
black spot | Any of several fungous diseases of plants that produce small black spots on the plant |
blackheart | Any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken |
blight | Any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting |
bottom rot | fungous disease of lettuce that first rots lower leaves and spreads upward |
brown rot | Any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues |
canker | A fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark |
cotton ball | A fungus disease of cranberries |
crown gall | A bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground |
crown wart | A fungous disease of alfalfa which forms white excrescences at the base of the stem |
damping off | A plant disease caused by a fungus |
dieback | A disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young / young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches |
dry rot | A crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus |
ergot | A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus |
foot rot | plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base |
gummosis | pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees |
heartrot | Any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees) |
leaf disease | Any plant disease localized in the foliage |
mosaic | viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves |
pink disease | serious bark disease of many tropical crop trees (coffee, citrus, rubber) |
pinkroot | A fungal disease of onions |
potato wart | fungous disease causing dark warty spongy excrescences in the eyes of potato tubers |
rhizoctinia disease | disease caused by rhizoctinia or fungi of Pellicularia and Corticium |
root rot | disease characterized by root decay |
rust | A plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems |
sclerotium disease, sclerotium rot | plant disease cause by fungi of the genus Sclerotium |
scorch | A plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues |
smut | destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores |
soft rot | mushy or slimy decay of plants caused by bacteria or fungi |
sweet-potato ring rot | disease of sweet potatoes in which roots are girdled by rings of dry rot |
wilt, wilt disease | Any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling |
yellow dwarf | Any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves |
yellow spot | Any of several fungous or viral diseases characterized by yellow spotting on the leaves |
Broader | disease | An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning |
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Spanish | patología vegetal |
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Catalan | fitopatologia, patologia vegetal |
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