Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
anthersmut | a fungus causing a disease affecting plants of the carnation and pink family. |
anthracnose | any of several plant diseases caused by a fungus and characterized by the appearance of dark, sunken spots. |
bacteriosis | any bacterial plant disease. |
bedeguar | (Fr.) a soft spongy gall formed on the branches of sweetbrier and other roses. |
cankery | like a canker; full of canker > CANKERIER, CANKERIEST. |
clubroot | a fungal disease which attacks plants of the family Cruciferae. |
conky | affected by the timber disease conk. |
dieback | a gradual dying of plant shoots. |
enphytotic | of plant diseases, causing a constant amount of damage each year. |
epiphytotic | a sudden outbreak of plant disease over extended geographical area. |
ergot | a disease of grasses. |
eyespot | a spot like an eye; any of several plant diseases causing eyelike spots. |
ferrugo | (Lat.) a disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust, from its resemblance to iron rust in color. |
frogeye | a plant disease. |
gallnut | a round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. |
gummosis | patches of gum on fruit trees resulting from severe weather or infestation. |
klendusic | of a plant, able to withstand disease due to some protective mechanism. |
klendusity | of a plant, the ability to withstand disease due to some protective mechanism. |
leafroll | a virus disease of potatoes. |
nutgall | a round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. |
pelorised | affected with peloria. |
phyllomania | abnormal leaf-production. |
phytoalexin | any substance produced by a plant as a defence against disease. |
phytopathogenic | of or like a phytopathogen. |
phytotoxic | harmful to plants. |
phytotoxicity | the state of being phytotoxic. |
pseudomonad | a virgate plant and animal pathogen. |
rosetting | the development of abnormal leaves as a symptom of disease. |
snowmold | a fungus disease of grasses near the edge of melting snow. |
snowmould | a fungus disease of grasses near the edge of melting snow. |
sunscald | an injury of woody plants caused by the sun. |
tristeza | (Portuguese) a disease of citrus trees. |
uredine | relating to uredo, a rust in plants. |
uredinial | of or like uredines, rust-fungi. |
uredinium | a uredosorus, a sorus or pustule in which urediniospores are formed. |
uredium | a uredosorus, a sorus or pustule in which urediniospores are formed. |
uredo | (Lat.) any of various rust fungi. |
virusoid | a small plant virus. |
viticide | a vine pest. |