sooty blotch
noun Plant Pathology.
a disease, especially of apples and pears, characterized by sootlike spots or blotches on the fruit, caused by a fungus, Gloeodes pomigena.
a disease of clover, characterized by black, crusty blotches on the underside of the leaves, caused by a fungus, Cymadothea trifolii.
Nearby words
soothly, soothsay, soothsayer, soothsaying, sooty, sooty blotch, sooty grouse, sooty mold, sooty mould, sooty shearwater, sooty tern
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