fusarium

[ fyoo-zair-ee-uhm ]

noun,plural fu·sar·i·a [fyoo-zair-ee-uh]. /fyuˈzɛər i ə/.
  1. 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.

Origin of fusarium

1
<New Latin (1832), equivalent to Latin fūs(us) spindle + -ārium-ary

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