white rot

white rot
noun
1. : any of several plants (as marsh pennywort and butterwort) formerly held to produce rot in sheep
2.
a. : a disease of grapes caused by an imperfect fungus (Coniothyrium diplodiella) that produces white or grayish brown-bordered spots on young shoots and fruit
b. : any of several wood rots of various trees caused chiefly by fungi of the genus Fomes
c. : a fungous rot of onions, garlic, shallots, and related plants caused by a fungus (Sclerotinia cepivorum) and characterized by production of abundant white mycelium
3. : a watery spoiled condition of eggs in which the white is mixed with the yolk; also : an egg so spoiled

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1. a decay of wood caused by lignase-producing fungi, esp. Phanerochaete chrysosporium.
2. a fungal disease of onions and related plants caused by Sclerotinia cepivorum.
3. any of the several fungi causing white rot.
[1905-10]

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white rot noun
A disease of plants characterized by a white fungal growth
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Main Entry: ↑white

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white rot,
1. any one of several small herbaceous plants, such as the pennywort.
2. any one of various fungous plant diseases characterized by numerous white or grayish spots on affected parts.

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