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  • late blight

    a disease of plants, especially potatoes, celery, etc., characterized by spotting, blighting, and withering or decay of the entire plant, caused by any of several fungi, as Phytophthora infestans or Septoria apii.

  • linus

    Classical Mythology. a musician and poet, the inventor of melody and rhythm, of whom various stories are told: often identified, through his untimely death, with the harvesting or withering of crops and vegetation. Also called Linus song. a dirge: originally sung in western Asia to mourn the death of crops being harvested, later sung to mourn the death of Linus or that of Adonis.

  • marcescent

    withering but not falling off, as a part of a plant.

  • verticillium wilt

    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.

  • wilt

    to exercise the will: To will is not enough, one must do.

  • witherite

    a white to grayish mineral, barium carbonate, BaCO 3 , occurring in crystals and masses: a minor ore of barium.
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