bakanae
Meanings
noun
- A disease of rice plants, caused by the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi, whose metabolism produces a surplus of gibberellic acid that causes hypertrophy in the plant.
Word forms
Etymology
From Japanese 馬鹿苗病 (baka-nae-byō, literally “foolish seedling disease”).
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