bakanae

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

bakanae

Etymology

From Japanese 馬鹿苗病 (baka-nae-byō, literally “foolish seedling disease”).

Related words

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