anthracnose

 [an-thrak-nohs]  

an·thrac·nose

   [an-thrak-nohs]
noun Plant Pathology.
a disease of plants characterized by restricted, discolored lesions, caused by a fungus.
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Origin:
1885–90; < French; see anthrac-, noso-
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anthracnose (ænˈθræknəʊs)
 
—n
any of several fungus diseases of plants and trees, such as vines and beans, characterized by oval dark depressed spots on the fruit and elsewhere
 
[C19: from French, from Greek anthrax coal, carbuncle + nosos disease]

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