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ring rot
noun
, Plant Pathology.
- a disease of potatoes, characterized by wilted foliage and rotting of the ring of vascular bundles in the tubers, caused by a bacterium, Corynebacterium sepedonicum.
ring rot
noun
- a virulent bacterial disease of potatoes occurring in the vascular ring of the potato tuber Also calledpotato ring rot
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ring rot1
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
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