damping off

1. 1.

   a plant disease caused by a fungus; diseased condition of seedlings in excessive moisture

   Broaderplant disease

Questions about damping off

What does damping off mean?

damping off means "a plant disease caused by a fungus; diseased condition of seedlings in excessive moisture".

Is damping off a common word?

damping off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.