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white rot en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus Coniella diplodiella.
  2. (uncountable) A fungal decay of wood that consumes the darker-colored lignins, leaving the lighter-colored cellulose.
  3. (uncountable) Any of several plants, including marsh pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris) and butterwort (Pinguicula spp.), once believed to produce rot in sheep.
  4. (uncountable) Allium white rot, a disease of onions, garlic, and leeks, caused by fungi of species Sclerotium cepivorum.