noun
a fungous disease of alfalfa which forms white excrescences at the base of the stem
• Hypernyms: ↑plant disease
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noun : a disease of alfalfa caused by a fungus (Urophlyctis alfalfae) which produces large dirty-white excrescences at the stem base
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Plant Pathol.
a disease of alfalfa and clover, characterized by galls around the base of the stem, caused by several fungi of the genus Urophlyctis.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.