bitter rot

noun Plant Pathology.

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.

Origin of bitter rot

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Words nearby bitter rot

bitter melon, bitter orange, bitter pill, bitter pill to swallow, bitter principle, bitter rot, bitterbark, bitterbrush, bittercress, bitterender, bitterling

Example sentences from the Web for bitter rot

  • Ripe-rot or bitter-rot (Glomerella rufomaculans) is a disease due to the same fungus causing the bitter-rot of the apple.

    Manual of American Grape-Growing |U. P. Hedrick