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• damping-off
  damping-off

  noun

  a disease of seedlings, occurring either before or immediately after emerging from the soil, characterized by rotting of the stem at soil level and eventual collapse of the plant, caused by any of several soil fungi.
• damping off
  damping off

  noun

  any of various diseases of plants, esp the collapse and death of seedlings caused by the parasitic fungus Pythium debaryanum and related fungi in conditions of excessive moisture

damping-off

American  

[dam-ping-awf, -of] / ˈdæm pɪŋˈɔf, -ˈɒf /

noun

Plant Pathology.

1. a disease of seedlings, occurring either before or immediately after emerging from the soil, characterized by rotting of the stem at soil level and eventual collapse of the plant, caused by any of several soil fungi.

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damping off British  

noun

1. any of various diseases of plants, esp the collapse and death of seedlings caused by the parasitic fungus Pythium debaryanum and related fungi in conditions of excessive moisture

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damping off Scientific  

1. Any of various diseases of seedlings that are caused by oomycetes, especially of the genus Pythium, or by fungi, and result in wilting and death.

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Etymology

Origin of damping-off

First recorded in 1895–1900