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anthracnose Definition

an·thrac·nose (an t̸hrak′nōs′)

noun

any of various fungus diseases of plants, in which roundish dead spots appear chiefly on leaves or fruit

Etymology: < Gr anthrax, coal, carbuncle + nosos, disease

anthracnose Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • cause: This is the first report on the leaf anthracnose caused by C.

Preposition: on

  • range: Colletotrichum species cause anthracnose on a wide range of plants.

Modifies a noun

  • disease: Fortunately, there has been no sign of Cornus anthracnose disease.
  • fungus: Joanne Perkins, University of Birmingham, to work with Jonathan Green on development of appressoria of the bean anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum lindemuthianum.

Noun used with modifier

  • bean: New diagnostic morphological criteria have been found, and these are used routinely to rapidly confirm the identify the bean anthracnose isolates.
  • leaf: This is the first report on the leaf anthracnose caused by C.
  • tree: It is said to be particularly resistant to plane tree anthracnose.
  • plane: It is said to be particularly resistant to plane tree anthracnose.