gummosis
gummosis · gummoses
Gummose
The formation of patches of a gummy substance on the surface of certain plants,…The formation of patches of a gummy substance on the surface of certain plants, particularly fruit trees, caused by sap oozing from wounds or cankers.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The formation of patches of a gummy substance on the surface of certain plants, particularly fruit trees, caused by sap oozing from wounds or cankers.
Gummose
More definitions
- pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees
- disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora
Translations
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Origin
From gum + -osis.From gum + -osis.
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Forms
plural: gummosesSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora:brown rot gummosis
Lessons for this word
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