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English → English (gcide) Definition: Glaeosporium fructigenum Rot \Rot\, n. 1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below. [1913 Webster] 3. [Cf. G. rotz glanders.] A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2. [1913 Webster] His cattle must of rot and murrain die. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Bitter rot (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the fungus Gl[ae]osporium fructigenum. --F. L. Scribner. Black rot (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus L[ae]stadia Bidwellii . --F. L. Scribner. Dry rot (Bot.) See under Dry. Grinder's rot (Med.) See under Grinder. Potato rot. (Bot.) See under Potato. White rot (Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus Coniothyrium diplodiella. --F. L. Scribner. [1913 Webster]