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noun Plant Pathology.

a disease of barley, characterized by a brown, netlike discoloration of the leaves, caused by fungi of the genus Helminthosporium.

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“Hence, there might be a net benefit, at least to some females, of breeding within the natal group,” the researchers speculate.
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Specimens were easily collected in a mist net placed across the opening.
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When it was all over Alila was not too tired to play for awhile with a few locusts he had caught in a net.
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On the way we were greatly excited to see the bladder of an indicator net smoking.
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As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.
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