verticillium wilt

ver·ti·cil·li·um wilt

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Definitions of verticillium wilt words

noun verticillium wilt a disease affecting many temperate-climate plants in hot weather, caused by soil-inhabiting fungi of the genus Verticillium and characterized by wilt, dulling or yellowing of leaf color, and withering near the base. 1
noun verticillium wilt a common plant disease caused by fungi (genus Verticillium) and characterized by yellow leaves and drooping stems 0

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

1940-45; < New Latin Verticillium a fungus genus; see verticil, -ium

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