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anthocyanosis

anthocyanosis noun: a purple discolouration of flowers (due to a virus).

Noun

anthocyanosis (uncountable)

  1. A purple discolouration of flowers (due to a virus)
    • Instead of the initial necrotic symptoms typical of PD, the lower leaves (closest to the inoculation zones) of inoculated plants showed prominent anthocyanosis with green veinal areas (Fig 4C and 4D ).2015 July 29, “Three New Pierce's Disease Pathogenicity Effectors Identified Using Xylella fastidiosa Biocontrol Strain EB92-1”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of anthocyanosis

From antho- + cyanosis.

Questions about anthocyanosis

What does anthocyanosis mean?
Anthocyanosis means a purple discolouration of flowers (due to a virus).
What part of speech is anthocyanosis?
Anthocyanosis is a noun.

Words near anthocyanosis in the dictionary

  1. anthocyanines
  2. anthocyaninless
  3. anthocyanins
  4. anthocyanoside
  5. anthocyanosides
  6. anthocyanosis
  7. anthocyanotic
  8. anthocyans
  9. anthodia
  10. anthodite
  11. anthodites

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