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verticillium wilt

[ vur-tuh-sil-ee-uhm ]

noun

, Plant Pathology.
  1. 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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of verticillium wilt1

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

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