white rot

English

Noun

white rot (uncountable)

  1. A disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus Coniella diplodiella.
  2. A fungal decay of wood that consumes the darker-colored lignins, leaving the lighter-colored cellulose.
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