| 释义 |
bitter rot
noun
1. : a very destructive disease of apples, grapes, and other fruit caused by a fungus (Glomerella cingulata) and producing cankers on the twigs, limbs, and fruit spurs and a spotting or blistering and decay of the fruit characterized by bitterness of the pulp — called also anthracnose, ripe rot
2. : a rot of ripening grapes caused by an imperfect fungus (Melanconium fuligineum) |