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cottony rot — noun also cottony mold Etymology: so called from the fluffy white masses appearing on the rotted tissue : a fungous disease of various plants caused by a fungus (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) that produces wilt and rot of the stem and often of other… … Useful english dictionary
Mold — A large group of fungi (like Penicillium) that cause mold (as on bread or cheese). A common trigger for allergies. * * * 1. A filamentous fungus, generally a circular colony that may be cottony, wooly, etc., or glabrous, but with filaments not… … Medical dictionary
snow mold — Plant. Pathol. 1. a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by a dense, cottony growth that covers the affected parts as the snow melts in the spring, caused by any of several fungi of the genera Calonectria, Fusarium, Pythium, and… … Universalium
snow mold — noun or snow rot 1. a. : a disease of cereals caused by a fungus (Calonectria graminicola) and characterized by abundant superficial white mycelium when the snow melts b. : a similar disease especially of turf grasses caused by a fungus of the… … Useful english dictionary
white mold — noun 1. : cottony rot 2. : any of several diseases of plants that resemble cottony rot and are caused by fungi especially of the genus Ramularia or Erostrotheca … Useful english dictionary
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fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… … Universalium
homopteran — /heuh mop teuhr euhn, hoh /, adj. 1. homopterous. n. 2. a homopterous insect. [1835 45; see HOMOPTEROUS, AN] * * * ▪ insect order Introduction any of more than 32,000 species of sucking insects, the members of which exhibit considerable… … Universalium
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