sooty mold
noun
Plant Pathology.
a disease of plants, characterized by a black, sooty growth covering the affected parts, caused by any of several fungi.
any fungus causing this disease, as molds of the genera Capnodium, Phragmocapnias, and Scorias.
Origin of sooty mold
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby sooty mold
soothsayer,
soothsaying,
sooty,
sooty blotch,
sooty grouse,
sooty mold,
sooty mould,
sooty shearwater,
sooty tern,
sop,
sop up