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bakanae

bakanae noun: 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.

Noun

bakanae (uncountable)

  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.

Origin of bakanae

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

Questions about bakanae

What does bakanae mean?
Bakanae means 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.
What part of speech is bakanae?
Bakanae is a noun.

Words near bakanae in the dictionary

  1. Bakale
  2. Bakalian
  3. Bakalians
  4. Bakalyan
  5. Bakalyans
  6. bakanae
  7. Bakar
  8. bakarkhani
  9. bakarkhanis
  10. bakas
  11. Bakases

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