BLACK KNOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black knot mean? 

• BLACK KNOT (noun)
  The noun BLACK KNOT has 1 sense:

1. disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches

  Familiarity information: BLACK KNOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK KNOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("black knot" is a kind of...):

plant disease (a disease that affects plants)