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white rot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
white rot
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus Coniella diplodiella.

Uncountable

noun

A fungal decay of wood that consumes the darker-colored lignins, leaving the lighter-colored cellulose.

Uncountable

noun

Any of several plants, including marsh pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris) and butterwort (Pinguicula spp.), once believed to produce rot in sheep.

Uncountable

noun

Allium white rot, a disease of onions, garlic, and leeks, caused by fungi of species Sclerotium cepivorum.

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does white rot mean?
A disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus Coniella diplodiella.

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