bitter rot: Meaning and Definition of

bit'ter rot'

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— Plant Pathol. Plant Pathol.
  1. a disease of apples, grapes, and other fruit, characterized by cankers on the branches or twigs and bitter, rotted fruit, caused by any of several fungi.
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