RING ROT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ring rot mean? 

• RING ROT (noun)
  The noun RING ROT has 1 sense:

1. disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum

  Familiarity information: RING ROT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RING ROT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ring disease; ring rot; tobacco wilt

Hypernyms ("ring rot" is a kind of...):

brown rot (any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues)