plant disease
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1. a disease that affects plants (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | disease, |
| definition | : | an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | blight, |
| definition | : | any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | leaf disease, |
| definition | : | any plant disease localized in the foliage (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | rust, |
| definition | : | a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | blackheart, |
| definition | : | any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | black knot, |
| definition | : | disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | black rot, |
| definition | : | a fungous disease causing darkening and decay of the leaves of fruits and vegetables (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | black spot, |
| definition | : | any of several fungous diseases of plants that produce small black spots on the plant (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | bottom rot, |
| definition | : | fungous disease of lettuce that first rots lower leaves and spreads upward (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | brown rot, |
| definition | : | any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | gummosis, |
| definition | : | pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | canker, |
| definition | : | a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | cotton ball, |
| definition | : | a fungus disease of cranberries (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | crown gall, |
| definition | : | a bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | crown wart, |
| definition | : | a fungous disease of alfalfa which forms white excrescences at the base of the stem (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | damping off, |
| definition | : | a plant disease caused by a fungus; diseased condition of seedlings in excessive moisture (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | dieback, |
| definition | : | a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | dry rot, |
| definition | : | a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | heartrot, |
| definition | : | any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | mosaic, |
| definition | : | viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | rhizoctinia disease, |
| definition | : | disease caused by rhizoctinia or fungi of Pellicularia and Corticium (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | pink disease, |
| definition | : | serious bark disease of many tropical crop trees (coffee, citrus, rubber); branches have a covering of pink hyphae (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | potato wart, |
| definition | : | fungous disease causing dark warty spongy excrescences in the eyes of potato tubers (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | root rot, |
| definition | : | disease characterized by root decay; caused by various fungi (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | scorch, |
| definition | : | a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | sweet-potato ring rot, |
| definition | : | disease of sweet potatoes in which roots are girdled by rings of dry rot (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | sclerotium disease, sclerotium rot, |
| definition | : | plant disease cause by fungi of the genus Sclerotium; also one in which sclerotia are formed (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | dutch elm disease, |
| definition | : | disease of elms caused by a fungus (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | ergot, |
| definition | : | a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | foot rot, |
| definition | : | plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | pinkroot, |
| definition | : | a fungal disease of onions (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | wilt, wilt disease, |
| definition | : | any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | smut, |
| definition | : | destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | soft rot, |
| definition | : | mushy or slimy decay of plants caused by bacteria or fungi (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | yellow dwarf, |
| definition | : | any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | yellow spot, |
| definition | : | any of several fungous or viral diseases characterized by yellow spotting on the leaves (noun.state) |
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