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noun
Any of several plant diseases, with distinct causal organisms, including
A disease of palm trees such as areca palms and of many other commercially important plants caused by the oomycete Phytophthora palmivora.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several plant diseases, with distinct causal organisms, including
Diseases of coffee, citrus, and persimmon caused by the fungus Ceratobasidium noxium
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
From Kannada ಕೊಳೆರೋಗ (koḷerōga), literally "rot disease".
