black ring
a disease of grasses, characterized by black rings surrounding the stems and blighted seeds, caused by a fungus, Balansia strangulans.
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From the roof hung a gilded cage containing turtle doves, quite white, with a black ring round their necks.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereOn standing, a brown or black ring is developed where the liquids join, if any nitrate or nitrite is present.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerAnd as the shadows lightened on the long dim flats, we saw in the distance the black ring of the stockade on its little elevation.
Carette of Sark | John OxenhamThe large quills of the back and croup are from seven to twelve inches long, mostly with one central black ring.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon | Robert A. SterndaleIt has a naked black ring round its eyes; the wings are black; the rest of the plumage white.
The Natural History of Cage Birds | J. M. Bechstein
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