fusarium

American  

[fyoo-zair-ee-uhm] / fyuˈzɛər i əm /

noun

plural

fusaria

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.

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Etymology

Origin of fusarium

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

Example Sentences

The fusarium wilt fungus was born in California; it goes after vulnerable palms.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

Venezuela's national agricultural health institute officially detected fusarium in January, but producers and other experts say there has been evidence of the fungus for years and they fear it could spread rapidly.

From Reuters • May 10, 2023

With fusarium plaguing the agave that isn't being stolen, and foreign factories buying everything up, María is having trouble paying her employees full wages.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2022

He is launching another variety — SevenTY III — that resists a strain of fusarium that is a major bane to growers in Florida.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2014

The principal measures that are widely used are seed treatment against damping off, use of resistant strains against fusarium wilt and application of bordeaux mixture against leaf blights.

From The Tomato by Work, Paul