verticillium

noun

ver·​ti·​cil·​li·​um

1

capitalized : a genus of imperfect fungi (order Moniliales) having conidia borne singly at the apex of whorled branchlets and including several that cause destructive wilts in plants see verticilliosis

2

plural -s : a fungus of the genus Verticillium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from verticill-

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