“eye rot”

The following 2 entries include the term eye rot.

bird's-eye rot

noun

: anthracnose of the grape caused by a fungus (Elsinoe ampelina) and manifested by small sunken dark fruit spots with light centers

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bull's-eye rot

noun

: a disease of apples characterized by spots resembling eyes on the fruit and caused by either of two fungi (Neofabraea malicorticis and Gloeosporium perennans)

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