- ufra disease
- \\ˈüfrə-\ noun
Etymology: probably from Arabic 'ufrah dust color: a disease of rice (as in India) caused by an eelworm (Ditylenchus angustus) and characterized by first whitish and then brownish leaf tips, stem distortion above the last node, and arrested development of the ear and in heavily attacked plants by decay
Useful english dictionary. 2012.