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dry rot collapse: a fungus causing dry rot; a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus

cancer collapse: type genus of the family Cancridae; the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22; a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini; (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer; any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream

mildew collapse: a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter; the process of becoming mildewed

pest collapse: any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"; a persistently annoying person

worm collapse: any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae; screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack; a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network; "worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"; a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

fungus collapse: a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores

canker collapse: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth); a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark; infect with a canker; become infected with a canker

must collapse: grape juice before or during fermentation; a necessary or essential thing; "seat belts are an absolute must"

rusty collapse: covered with or consisting of rust; "a rusty machine"; "rusty deposits"

rust collapse: any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants; the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water; a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems caused by a rust fungus; a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture; of the brown color of rust; become coated with oxide

henna collapse: a reddish brown dye used especially on hair; apply henna to one's hair; "She hennas her hair every month"

roan collapse: a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray; a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding; (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey; "a roan horse"

bayard collapse: French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524)

blight collapse: any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting; a state or condition being blighted; cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

scarlet collapse: a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge

smut collapse: any fungus of the order Ustilaginales; destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores; affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn; become affected with smut; "the corn smutted and could not be eaten"; stain with a dirty substance, such as soot; make obscene; "This line in the play smuts the entire act"

bronze collapse: a sculpture made of bronze; an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin; of the color of bronze; made from or consisting of bronze; give the color and appearance of bronze to something; "bronze baby shoes"

obsolesce collapse: become obsolete, fall into disuse; "This word has not obsolesced, although it is rarely used"

mangy collapse: having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap; "a mangy carpet"; "a mangy old fur coat"

rubicund collapse: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion"

sunburn collapse: redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun; get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

maroon collapse: an exploding firework used as a warning signal; a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color; a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"; of dark brownish to purplish red; leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"; leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"

crimson collapse: a deep and vivid red color; characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode; (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"

chestnut collapse: a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse; a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg; edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea; any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur; wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea; (of hair) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"

fossilize collapse: become mentally inflexible; convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"

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