anthracnose
a disease of plants characterized by restricted, discolored lesions, caused by a fungus.
Origin of anthracnose
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How to use anthracnose in a sentence
The leaves would dry up and the berries become small and crumbly when affected by anthracnose.
The gray bark disease and anthracnose, also snowy tree cricket and red-necked cane borer, are controlled in this way.
The pecan anthracnose looks like the bitter rot, has the same pink spore masses and you will be able to recognize it.
“Boll rot,” or “anthracnose,” is a disease which may at times be sufficiently serious to destroy from 10 to 50% of the crop.
The most common trouble that beans have is one called anthracnose.
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British Dictionary definitions for anthracnose
/ (ænˈθræknəʊs) /
any of several fungus diseases of plants and trees, such as vines and beans, characterized by oval dark depressed spots on the fruit and elsewhere
Origin of anthracnose
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