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fusarium
[ fyoo-zair-ee-uhm ]
/ fyuˈzɛər i əm /
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noun, plural fu·sar·i·a [fyoo-zair-ee-uh]. /fyuˈzɛər i ə/.
any fungus of the genus Fusarium, occurring primarily in temperate regions and causing a variety of diseases in plants and animals, producing in humans a loss of fingernails and sometimes blindness.
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Origin of fusarium
Words nearby fusarium
furunculosis, fury, furze, fusain, Fusan, fusarium, fusarium wilt, fuscous, fuse, fuse box, fused quartz
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How to use fusarium in a sentence
The infection in the Fusarium wilt appears to come entirely from the soil.
Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato|William Warner TracyThe vascular bundles of affected plants were browned as in Verticillium or Fusarium wilt and in some bacterial diseases.
Marglobe is a midseason variety, with large vine and foliage, resistant to fusarium and nailhead spot.
The Tomato|Paul Work