bo|try|tis

bo|try|tis
bo|try|tis «buh TRY tihs», noun.
any one of a genus of fungi which thrive in cool damp weather and attack the buds of flowering plants, causing them to shrivel up and die.
[< New Latin Botrytis the genus name < Greek bótrys grape cluster]

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