wilt
101cucurbit wilt — Plant Pathol. a disease of cucumbers and other plants of the gourd family, characterized by wilted leaves, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia tracheiphila. * * * …
102oak wilt — Plant Pathol. a disease of oaks, characterized by wilting and discoloration of the leaves and defoliation, usually starting at and spreading from the top of the tree and the ends of the branches, caused by a fungus, Chalara quercina. [1940 45,… …
103spotted wilt — Plant Pathol. a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves. * * * …
104Chamberlain, Wilt — (1936–1999) American basketball player. Chambers’s Encyclopaedia …
105thou wilt — an old phrase meaning you will …
106banana wilt — noun : panama disease …
107cabbage wilt — noun : cabbage yellows …
108cotton wilt — noun 1. : a disease of cotton caused by the growth of a fungus (Fusarium vasinfectum) in the water conducting vessels and characterized by wilting, yellowing, blighting, and death 2. : a blight of cotton caused by a fungus (Verticillium albo… …
109cucurbit wilt — noun : a disease of cucumbers and related plants characterized by sudden wilting of affected plants and caused by a motile bacterium (Erwinia tracheiphila) * * * Plant Pathol. a disease of cucumbers and other plants of the gourd family,… …
110flax wilt — noun : a destructive disease of flax due to a fungus (Fusarium lini) which causes damping off of young seedlings and wilting, yellowing, and death of older plants compare flax sick …
