noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The formation of patches of a gummy substance on the surface of certain plants, particularly fruit trees, caused by sap oozing from wounds or cankers. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora wordnet
3. 3
   pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

brown rot gummosisbrown rot gummosisgumming

Etymology

From gum + -osis.

Related phrases

fruit tree

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