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crown gall

DEFINITIONS OF: crown gall

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n a bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground

Types:
hairy root
a phase of crown gall (especially in apples) during which there is abnormal development of fine fibrous roots
Type of:
plant disease
a disease that affects plants
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