melaxuma

melaxuma
\\ˌmeləˈkümə, -ləkˈsü-, -ləˈzü-\ noun (-s)
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.
[1930-35; < NL, irreg. < Gk méla(s) black + chýma fluid (with x- repr. Gk ch-)]

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  • melaxuma — /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… …   Universalium

  • melaxuma — mel·a·xu·ma …   English syllables

  • “МЕЛАКСУМА” ОРЕХА; “ЧЕРНЫЙ СОК” ОРЕХА; КАМЕДЕТЕЧЕНИЕ ОРЕХА — англ.black sap of walnut; “melaxuma” of walnut нем.“Melaxuma”, Walnuß “schwarzer Saft”, Walnuß франц.“melaxuma” du noyer; “sève noire” du noyer возбудитель:Dothiorella gregaria Sacc. см …   Фитопатологический словарь-справочник

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