English words for 'pathogenic to plants'
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noun
- (countable, by extension, phytopathology) An infectious disease affecting plants.
- (countable, veterinary medicine, chiefly historical) Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, babesiosis, or rinderpest; or a particular epizootic thereof; also, an infectious disease affecting other animals, such as poultry.
- any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague
noun
- any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants
- A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus (Pucciniales).
- a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi
- a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture
- A strong reddish brown color.
- the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water
- (philately) Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection.
- A similar substance based on another metal.
- The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation; it consists mostly of iron(III) oxide (ferric oxide) and iron(II) oxide (ferrous oxide).
- A reddish-brown color.
adj
verb
- become coated with oxide
- cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
- become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
- (intransitive) Of a black cat or its fur, to turn rust-coloured following long periods of exposure to sunlight.
- (intransitive) To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
- (intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
- (transitive) To cause to oxidize.
- (ambitransitive, figuratively) To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.
noun
- dermatitis resulting from contact with the poison ivy plant
- climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact
- (proscribed) Any species of Toxicodendron that can cause a rash, including poison oak and poison sumac.
- Any of three ivy-like species of Toxicodendron, known for their ability to cause an itching rash and blistering for most people, through urushiol, an oil that is a skin irritant.
adj
- (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- easy to cut or chew
- given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- hurting
- young and immature
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- having or displaying warmth or affection
- physically untoughened
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
- Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
- Young and inexperienced.
- (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
noun
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
- (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
- (archaic outside certain compounds) Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
- (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
- (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
verb
adv
noun
- Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots.
- An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
- (slang) Blotting paper.
- A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality.
- A dark spot on the skin; a pustule.
- (figuratively) Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain.
- An irregularly shaped area.
- an irregularly shaped spot
verb
adj
- Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.
- Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
- Discolored and rancid; reasty.
- Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
- (now chiefly historical) Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
- Marked or corroded by rust.
- covered with or consisting of rust
- of the brown color of rust
- impaired in skill by neglect
- ancient
noun
noun
- a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark
- a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
- an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
- A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.
- A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
- An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.
- A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.
- (rare, now Cornwall) A crab.
- A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.
- An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.
- Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
- (phytopathology) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
verb
- become infected with a canker
- infect with a canker
- (transitive) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
- (intransitive) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
- (intransitive) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
noun
- The plant disease caused by ergot.
- The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the fungus Claviceps purpurea which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs, consisting of convulsive and gangrenous symptoms.
- The use of ergot-infested grain to poison animals.
- A logical deduction.
- poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs
noun
- a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
- a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid
- The wart-like growth of skin that covers the metacarpal pad on a horse or similar animal.
- Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
- The sclerotium (wintering stage) of certain fungi in the genus Claviceps, appearing as a deformed grain in certain cereals and grasses infected by the fungi.
adj
- contaminated with infecting organisms
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination
- (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
- spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- violating accepted standards or rules
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
- obtained illegally or by improper means
- expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
- unethical or dishonest
- vile; despicable
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- unpleasantly stormy
- Spreading harmful radiation over a wide area.
- Of food, covered in an array of indulgent toppings.
- Of food, indulgent in an unhealthy way.
- (computing) Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.
- Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
- Sleety; gusty; stormy.
- Dishonorable; violating accepted standards or rules.
- That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
- (slang) Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
- (cellular automata) Producing much ash.
- Of color, discolored by impurities.
- Of an audio recording: containing unwanted noise.
- Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
- Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
- (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
- Out of tune.
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage or flaps in the down position.
verb
adv
noun
noun
- (countable, by extension, phytopathology) An infectious disease affecting plants.
- (countable, veterinary medicine, chiefly historical) Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, babesiosis, or rinderpest; or a particular epizootic thereof; also, an infectious disease affecting other animals, such as poultry.
- any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague
noun
- any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants
- A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus (Pucciniales).
- a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi
- a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture
- A strong reddish brown color.
- the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water
- (philately) Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection.
- A similar substance based on another metal.
- The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation; it consists mostly of iron(III) oxide (ferric oxide) and iron(II) oxide (ferrous oxide).
- A reddish-brown color.
adj
verb
- become coated with oxide
- cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
- become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
- (intransitive) Of a black cat or its fur, to turn rust-coloured following long periods of exposure to sunlight.
- (intransitive) To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
- (intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
- (transitive) To cause to oxidize.
- (ambitransitive, figuratively) To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.
noun
- dermatitis resulting from contact with the poison ivy plant
- climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact
- (proscribed) Any species of Toxicodendron that can cause a rash, including poison oak and poison sumac.
- Any of three ivy-like species of Toxicodendron, known for their ability to cause an itching rash and blistering for most people, through urushiol, an oil that is a skin irritant.
noun
- Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots.
- An uneven patch of color or discoloration.
- (slang) Blotting paper.
- A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality.
- A dark spot on the skin; a pustule.
- (figuratively) Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain.
- An irregularly shaped area.
- an irregularly shaped spot
verb
noun
- a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark
- a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
- an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
- A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.
- A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
- An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.
- A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.
- (rare, now Cornwall) A crab.
- A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.
- An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.
- Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
- (phytopathology) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
verb
- become infected with a canker
- infect with a canker
- (transitive) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
- (intransitive) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
- (intransitive) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
noun
- The plant disease caused by ergot.
- The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the fungus Claviceps purpurea which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs, consisting of convulsive and gangrenous symptoms.
- The use of ergot-infested grain to poison animals.
- A logical deduction.
- poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs
noun
- a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
- a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid
- The wart-like growth of skin that covers the metacarpal pad on a horse or similar animal.
- Any fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
- The sclerotium (wintering stage) of certain fungi in the genus Claviceps, appearing as a deformed grain in certain cereals and grasses infected by the fungi.
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adj
- (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition
- easy to cut or chew
- given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
- hurting
- young and immature
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- having or displaying warmth or affection
- physically untoughened
- Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
- Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
- Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
- Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
- Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
- (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
- Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
- Young and inexperienced.
- (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
- Sensitive or painful to the touch.
noun
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- a boat for communication between ship and shore
- someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
- ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
- (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
- (archaic outside certain compounds) Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
- The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
- (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
- (diving) A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
verb
adv
adj
- Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.
- Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
- Discolored and rancid; reasty.
- Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
- (now chiefly historical) Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
- Marked or corroded by rust.
- covered with or consisting of rust
- of the brown color of rust
- impaired in skill by neglect
- ancient
noun
adj
- contaminated with infecting organisms
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; ‘dirty’ is often used in combination
- (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
- spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- violating accepted standards or rules
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
- obtained illegally or by improper means
- expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
- unethical or dishonest
- vile; despicable
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- unpleasantly stormy
- Spreading harmful radiation over a wide area.
- Of food, covered in an array of indulgent toppings.
- Of food, indulgent in an unhealthy way.
- (computing) Containing data needing to be written back to memory or disk.
- Corrupt, illegal, or improper.
- Sleety; gusty; stormy.
- Dishonorable; violating accepted standards or rules.
- That makes one unclean; corrupting, infecting.
- (slang) Of an alcoholic beverage, especially a cocktail or mixed drink: served with the juice of olives.
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially in conjunction with "great".
- (cellular automata) Producing much ash.
- Of color, discolored by impurities.
- Of an audio recording: containing unwanted noise.
- Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
- Morally unclean; obscene or indecent, especially sexually.
- (slang) Carrying illegal drugs among one's possessions or inside of one's bloodstream.
- Out of tune.
- (aviation) Having the undercarriage or flaps in the down position.