verticillium wilt

verticillium wilt
/verr'teuh sil"ee euhm/, Plant Pathol.
a disease affecting many temperate-climate plants in hot weather, caused by soil-inhabiting fungi of the genus Verticillium and characterized by wilt, dulling or yellowing of leaf color, and withering near the base.
[1940-45; < NL Verticillium a fungus genus; see VERTICIL, -IUM]

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