- melaxuma
- \\ˌmeləˈkümə, -ləkˈsü-, -ləˈzü-\ noun
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Etymology: New Latin, probably irregular (Greek χ being taken as English x) from mela- + Greek chyma fluid, from chein to pour — more at found (melt): any of various plant diseases producing dark or black bark cankers; especially : a disease of the walnut caused by the imperfect fungus (Dothiorella gregaria)
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/mel'euh kooh"meuh, -euh zooh"-, -euhk sooh"-/, n. Plant Pathol.a disease of trees, esp. walnuts, characterized by an inky-black liquid oozing from the affected twigs, branches, and trunk, and by bark cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Dothiorella gregaria.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.