muscardine

noun

mus·​car·​dine

ˈməskə(r)də̇n,

-(r)ˌdēn

variants or less commonly muscardine disease

plural -s

: any of various fungus diseases of insects caused by imperfect fungi that proliferate and ramify throughout the body of the host

especially : calcino see green muscardine

Word History

Etymology

French muscardine

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