Hypernyms for "plant disease"
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black knot
black rot
black spot
blackheart
blight
bottom rot
brown rot
canker
cotton ball
crown gall
crown wart
damping off
dieback
dry rot
Dutch elm disease
ergot
foot rot
gummosis
heartrot
leaf disease
mosaic
pink disease
pinkroot
potato wart
rhizoctinia disease
root rot
rust
sclerotium disease
sclerotium rot
scorch
smut
soft rot
sweet-potato ring rot
wilt
wilt disease
yellow dwarf
yellow spot
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.