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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A disease of the plum, the cherry, and related plants caused by the fungus Apiosporina morbosa and resulting in black knotlike swellings on the branches.
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- noun disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches
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