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)

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