ili·au
| \ ˌēlēˈau̇ \
plural -s
Definition of iliau
: a destructive disease of young sugarcane endemic in Hawaii caused by a fungus (Gnomonia iliau) and characterized by binding of the leaf bases tightly about the stem
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