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RING ROT BACTERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ring rot bacteria mean?
• RING ROT BACTERIA (noun)
The noun RING ROT BACTERIA has 1 sense:
1. causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc
Familiarity information: RING ROT BACTERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Pseudomonas solanacearum; ring rot bacteria
Hypernyms ("ring rot bacteria" is a kind of...):
pseudomonad (bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals)
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