brown rot

/braʊn rɑt/

Definitions of brown rot

1. noun

   any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues
   types:

   brown rot gummosis, gummosis

   disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora

   ring disease, ring rot, tobacco wilt

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

   type of:

   plant disease

   a disease that affects plants