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ANTHRACNOSE

Etymology: Anthracnose \An*thrac"nose`\, noun. [from Greek expression carbuncle disease.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definition: ANTHRACNOSE

DomainDefinition

Biology & Biotechnology

A type of disease characterised by numerous sharply defined necrotic lesions on leaves and twigs and the formation of acervuli. Source: European Union. (references)

Food & Agriculture

A disease of vines caused by a fungus ( elsinoe viticola ( fr. manginia ampelina, gloeosporium ampelophagum ) ). Source: European Union. (references)

Health

A type of disease characterized by numerous sharply defined necrotic lesions on leaves and twigs and the formation of acervuli. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ANTHRACNOSE

Specialty definitions using "ANTHRACNOSE": copper sprays. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ANTHRACNOSE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

anthracnose

90

anthracnose sycamore

15

anthracnose dogwood

9

anthracnose maple

6

anthracnose oak

5

anthracnose ash

5

anthracnose rose

3

anthracnose disease

3

anthracnose maple tree

2

anthracnose spore

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ANTHRACNOSE

Language Translations for "ANTHRACNOSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

anthraknose, sortbrand, skiveplet (black spot). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

antracnose, anthracnose (black spot). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

antraknoosi (black spot). (various references)

   

French

  

anthracnose, rouille noire, charbon (anthrax). (various references)

   

German

  

Anthracnose (black spot), Schwarzfleckenkrankheit (black spot), Schwarzer Brenner (black spot), Brennfleckenkrankheit. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βλογιά (smallpox), άνθρακας (coal), ανθράκωσις (black lung, black spit, coal miner's lung, coal miner's pneumoconiosis, coal worker's pneumoconiosis, coal workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworker's pneumoconiosis, coal-workers'pneumoconiosis, coalworkers'pneumoconiosis, collier's anthracosis, collier's asthma, collier's lung, collier's phthisis, colliers'anthracosis, colliers'asthma, colliers'black spit, colliers'lung, colliers'phtisis, miners'asthma, miners'black lung, miners'dyspnea). (various references)

   

Italian

  

antracnosi (black spot), vaiolo (smallpox, variola), Petecchio (black spot), Morbiglione (black spot), marino nero (black spot). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

anthracnoseay

   

Portuguese

  

antracnose (black spot), pontuada (black spot), macumada (black spot), ferrugem negra (black spot), deformante (black spot, deforming). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

antracnosis (black spot), punteada (black spot), maculada (black spot), deformante (black spot, deforming). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

antraknos (black spot), vinsvartfläcksjuka (black spot), svartfläcksjuka på vin (black spot). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: ANTHRACNOSE

Derivations

Words beginning with "ANTHRACNOSE": anthracnoses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"ANTHRACNOSE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: antracnose. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ANTHRACNOSE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-n-n-o-r-s-t"

-2 letters: anchorets, anthraces.

-3 letters: ancestor, anchoret, caterans, chanters, chantors, enactors, enchants, notchers, resonant, snatcher, stancher, thoraces, tracheas, tranches.

-4 letters: aerosat, anarchs, anchors, ancones, annates, another, anthers, archons, atoners, canners, canters, cantons, cantors, carates, carnets, cartons, catenas, cateran, chanson, chanter, chantor, chasten, chaster, choanae, choreas, coarsen, coaster, coaters, connate, conners, consent, contras, corneas, cornets, cratons.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-n-n-o-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: anthracnoses.

 

+2 letters: noncharacters.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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