oleocellosis en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin oleo- (“oil”) + cellula (“disease, condition”) + -osis.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A rind disease on citrus fruit causing blemishes and releasing harmful oils.
In California, oleocellosis is most often on lemons, but oranges picked too early, when immature or turgid after rains or cold weather, may also be severely affected.
1979, Herbert John Webber, The Citrus Industry, New South Wales: Division of Horticulture, page 526: