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botrytis rot — Plant Pathol. a disease of many plants caused by fungi of the genus Botrytis, characterized by leaf blight, a tan gray moldlike surface growth, and the rotting of stems and storage organs. Cf. noble rot. * * * … Universalium
rose — rose1 roseless, adj. roselike, adj. /rohz/, n., adj., v., rosed, rosing. n. 1. any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly stemmed, pinnate leaved, showy flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Cf. rose family. 2. any of various related or similar… … Universalium
Rose — /rohz/, n. 1. Billy, 1899 1966, U.S. theatrical producer. 2. a female given name. * * * I Any of about 100 species in the genus Rosa (family Rosaceae) characterized by their beautiful, fragrant flowers. Rosa species are probably the most widely… … Universalium
rosé — /roh zay /, n. a pink table wine in which the pale color is produced by removing the grape skins from the must before fermentation is completed. [1425 75; < F: lit., pink] * * * I Any of about 100 species in the genus Rosa (family Rosaceae)… … Universalium
Actinomycetales — An order of bacteria consisting of moldlike, rod shaped, clubbed or filamentous forms with decided tendency to true branching, without endospores, but sometimes developing conidia; it includes the families Mycobacteriaceae, Actinomycetaceae, and… … Medical dictionary
Pythiaceae — Py·thi·a·ceae (pith″e aґse e) a family of aquatic, moldlike chromists of the order Pythiales, consisting mainly of plant parasites with some saprobes, having an intracellular mycelium and sporangia borne singly on branching sporangiophores; … Medical dictionary
Pythium — Py·thi·um (pithґe əm) [Gr. pythein to make rot] a genus of root parasitic, moldlike chromists of the family Pythiaceae, having filamentous sporangia and smooth walled spherical oogonia. Most members are plant parasites … Medical dictionary
brown rot — noun any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues • Hypernyms: ↑plant disease • Hyponyms: ↑brown rot gummosis, ↑gummosis, ↑ring rot, ↑ring disease, ↑tobacco wilt * * * … Useful english dictionary
botrytis rot — Plant Pathol. a disease of many plants caused by fungi of the genus Botrytis, characterized by leaf blight, a tan gray moldlike surface growth, and the rotting of stems and storage organs. Cf. noble rot … Useful english dictionary
cy|clo|hex|i|mide — «SY kloh HEHK suh myd, SIHK loh », noun. a crystalline compound derived from a moldlike soil microorganism, used especially as a fungicide for the control of leaf spot and turf diseases; Actidione. Formula: C15H23NO4 … Useful english dictionary