summit disease
A disease that affects various species of insect, especially grasshoppers, whereby the…A disease (usually fungal, caused by the species complex Entomophaga grylli) that affects various species of insect, especially grasshoppers, whereby the infected individual typically climbs to the upper parts of a plant, attaches itself there and dies, at which point the infecting agent disperses itself, usually in the form of spores.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A disease (usually fungal, caused by the species complex Entomophaga grylli) that affects various species of insect, especially grasshoppers, whereby the infected individual typically climbs to the upper parts of a plant, attaches itself there and dies, at which point the infecting agent disperses itself, usually in the form of spores.
Gipfelkrankheit
Translations
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Origin
From summit + disease, from the tendency of infected insects to climb to the upper parts oFrom summit + disease, from the tendency of infected insects to climb to the upper parts of plants before dying.
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Forms
plural: summit diseases| Singular | summit disease |
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Synonyms
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