earcockle

noun

: a disease of wheat caused by a nematode (Anguina tritici) that invades the developing ear and causes galls to form

Word History

First Known Use

1777, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for earcockle

• cockle
• cryptococcal
• gonococcal
• pneumococcal
• streptococcal
• debacle
• meningococcal
• staphylococcal