russet scab

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   rhizoctinia disease of potatoes

   Synonymslittle potatorosettestem canker

   Broaderrhizoctinia disease

Questions about russet scab

What does russet scab mean?

russet scab means "rhizoctinia disease of potatoes".

What is another word for russet scab?

Close synonyms include little potato, rosette, stem canker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is russet scab a common word?

russet scab 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.