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wilt disease

Variant of wilt

intransitive verb

  1. to become limp, as from heat or lack of water; wither; droop: said of plants
  2. to become weak or faint; lose strength; languish
  3. to lose courage; quail

transitive verb

to cause to wilt

noun

  1. a wilting or being wilted
  2. also, esp. for a, wilt disease
    1. a highly infectious disease of some caterpillars, in which the carcasses liquefy
    2. any of several plant diseases caused by certain bacteria or fungi and characterized by wilting of the leaves

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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