Phrase guide

milky disease

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A disease of the white grubs of Japanese beetles, caused by a soil-dwelling bacterium, Paenibacillus popilliae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1972, United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, “The Japanese Beetle: How We Fight It,” p. 6, If possible, biological controls are used. One of these is milky disease, a bacterial disease that infects and kills the grub without causing harm to other animal life.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: milky spore

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of grasserie (“disease of silkworms”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Synonyms: grasserie

Antonyms: none provided

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