sclerotium rot

1. 1.

   plant disease cause by fungi of the genus Sclerotium; also one in which sclerotia are formed

   Synonymssclerotium disease

   Broaderplant disease

Questions about sclerotium rot

What does sclerotium rot mean?

sclerotium rot means "plant disease cause by fungi of the genus Sclerotium; also one in which sclerotia are formed".

What is another word for sclerotium rot?

Close synonyms include sclerotium disease. 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 sclerotium rot a common word?

sclerotium rot 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.