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STEM CANKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stem canker mean? 

STEM CANKER (noun)
  The noun STEM CANKER has 1 sense:

1. rhizoctinia disease of potatoesplay

  Familiarity information: STEM CANKER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STEM CANKER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rhizoctinia disease of potatoes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

little potato; rosette; russet scab; stem canker

Hypernyms ("stem canker" is a kind of...):

rhizoctinia disease (disease caused by rhizoctinia or fungi of Pellicularia and Corticium)


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