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apple anthracnose

noun

Definition of apple anthracnose 

: a disease of the apple, pear, and quince in the Pacific coast region of northwestern America caused by a fungus (Neofabraea malicorticis) producing limb cankers and especially after storage a rot of the fruit

— called also black spot

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