blackfire

noun

: a disease of tobacco caused by a bacterium (Pseudomonas angulata) and characterized by angular leaf spots without a surrounding halo that are at first dark green but become zonate and turn grayish, tan, or dark brown and may drop out leaving ragged holes compare wildfire

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