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Brown Rot

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Noun

1. brown rot

any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Brown Rot

see synonyms of brown rot
noun
1. 
a disease of apples, peaches, etc, caused by fungi of the genus Sclerotinia and characterized by yellowish-brown masses of spores on the plant surface
2. 
decay of timber caused by the action of fungi on the cellulose

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Brown Rot

see synonyms of brown rot
a disease of some fruits, caused by a fungus (Monilinia fructicola) and marked by blight, rotting, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Brown Rot

see synonyms of brown rot
n.
Any of several plant diseases, especially a disease of peach, plum, and related plants caused by the fungus Monilinia fructicola, characterized by wilting of the flowers and rotting of the fruits.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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