anthracnose

noun

an·​thrac·​nose an-ˈthrak-ˌnōs 

: any of numerous destructive plant diseases caused by imperfect fungi and characterized especially by necrotic lesions

Example Sentences

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Remove cankered limbs from fruit and nut trees for control of diseases such as apple anthracnose and bacterial canker of stone fruit. —oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2022

Remove cankered limbs from fruit and nut trees for control of diseases such as apple anthracnose and bacterial canker of stone fruit. —oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2022

The fungus will remain on those leaves throughout the winter and cause anthracnose to appear the following spring. —oregonlive, 25 June 2022

Remove cankered limbs from fruit and nut trees for control of diseases such as apple anthracnose and bacterial canker of stone fruit. —oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2022

Remove cankered limbs from fruit and nut trees for control of diseases such as apple anthracnose and bacterial canker of stone fruit. —oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2022

The weather conditions that favor spot anthracnose are constant rain when the buds are first beginning to open. —Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 6 May 2022

Remove cankered limbs from fruit and nut trees for control of diseases such as apple anthracnose, bacterial canker of stone fruit and Eastern filbert blight. —oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2022

The Chinese dogwood is far more resistant to both dogwood anthracnose and powdery mildew that can plague the native flowering dogwood in some locations. —Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2022

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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, from Greek anthrak-, ánthrax "charcoal, dark red precious stone, dark skin lesion" + nósos "disease" — more at anthrax, nosology

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above