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soot′y mold′,
- Plant Diseasesa disease of plants, characterized by a black, sooty growth covering the affected parts, caused by any of several fungi.
- Plant Diseasesany fungus causing this disease, as molds of the genera Capnodium, Phragmocapnias, and Scorias.
- 1900–05