brown rot

1. 1.

   any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues

   Broaderplant disease

   Narrowerbrown rot gummosisring rot

Questions about brown rot

What does brown rot mean?

brown rot means "any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues".

Is brown rot a common word?

brown rot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.