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Examples of water mold in a Sentence
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When grown in a field, pumpkins are among fields of fungi, bacteria, water molds and soil-dwelling animals.
—Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
That sounds like one of the water mold funguses.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 26 Nov. 2020
This is a water mold that spreads below ground by root contacts and swimming spores in soil water.
—oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2022
It’s a water mold fungus that splashes on the stems during rainstorms and careless irrigation.
—Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 2 July 2021
These include ganoderma applanatum, large bracket mushrooms that cause wood decay; armillaria, a fungal root-rot; phytophthora, a destructive water mold and hypoxylon, a fast-growing fungal canker.
—Juhi Varma, Houston Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2020
The pathogen was eventually identified as Phytophthora ramorum, a water mold that requires extended cool, moist conditions to best spread.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1882, in the meaning defined above
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“Water mold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20mold. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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