verticilliosis

noun

ver·​ti·​cil·​li·​o·​sis

plural verticillioses

-ōˌsēz

: a wilt disease of various plants caused by soil-borne fungi of the genus Verticillium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from verticilli- + osis

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