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sooty mold


sooty mold

noun

Definition of SOOTY MOLD

: a dark growth of fungus mycelium growing in insect honeydew on plants; also : any of various ascomycetous fungi (order Dothideales) producing such growth

First Known Use of SOOTY MOLD

1901

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