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yellow patch

yellow patch noun: a disease affecting several varieties of grasses, including bentgrasses, annual bluegrass, some perennial ryegrass and Kentucky bluegrass, which results in the development of yellow or brown rings.

Noun

yellow patch (countable and uncountable, plural yellow patches)

  1. (uncountable) A disease affecting several varieties of grasses, including bentgrasses, annual bluegrass, some perennial ryegrass and Kentucky bluegrass, which results in the development of yellow or brown rings.
    • Throughout the year pathologists receive numerous samples of yellow, creeping bentgrass or annual bluegrass (Poa annua) from putting greens. In autumn or spring, superintendents sometimes suspect that yellow tuft (Sclerophthora macrospora) or yellow patch (Rhizoctonia cerealis) diseases are the...2002, Peter H. Dernoeden, Creeping Bentgrass Management: Summer Stresses, Weeds and Selected Maladies, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 25
    • Yellow patch, sometimes called cool-temperature brown patch, develops during prolonged cool (50-65°F; 10-18°C), overcast, and moist periods from late autumn to early spring.2013, Thomas L. Watschke, Peter H. Dernoeden, David J. Shetlar, Managing Turfgrass Pests, →ISBN, page 97
  2. (historical) A yellow badge.

Forms of yellow patch

pluralyellow patches

Questions about yellow patch

What does yellow patch mean?
Yellow patch means a disease affecting several varieties of grasses, including bentgrasses, annual bluegrass, some perennial ryegrass and Kentucky bluegrass, which results in the development of yellow or brown rings.
What part of speech is yellow patch?
Yellow patch is a noun.
What is the plural of yellow patch?
The plural of yellow patch is yellow patches.

Words near yellow patch in the dictionary

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  10. yellow peppers
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