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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A disease of rice plants, caused by the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi, whose metabolism produces a surplus of gibberellic acid that causes hypertrophy in the plant. uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 馬鹿苗病 (baka-nae-byō, literally “foolish seedling disease”).

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