black knot
noun Plant Pathology.
a disease of plants, especially of plums and cherries, characterized by black knotlike overgrowths on the branches, twigs, etc., caused by a fungus, Dibotryon morbosa.
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Origin of black knot
An Americanism dating back to1835–45
Words nearby black knot
Black Isle, blackjack, black japan, black kite, black knight, black knot, black land, black lead, blackleg, black letter, black-letter day
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Example sentences from the Web for black knot
The fungus is also related to the black-knot fungus on the plum, but its life-history is not yet known.
The branches are very liable to disfigurement by the black-knot and the foliage by the tent-caterpillar.
Handbook of the Trees of New England|Lorin Low DameHappily, black-knot may be controlled by cutting out the diseased wood.
The Cherries of New York|U. P. Hedrick
British Dictionary definitions for black knot
black knot
noun
a fungal disease of plums and cherries caused by Dibotryon morbosum, characterized by rough black knotlike swellings on the twigs and branches
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