endoxerosis

noun

en·​do·​xerosis

¦en(ˌ)dō+

plural endoxeroses

: a physiological disease of citrus causing the juice sacs especially in the stylar end of the fruit to collapse and leave a hollow region

endoxerotic

"+

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from end- + xer- + -osis

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