1. pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees;
2. disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora; [syn: brown rot gummosis, gummosis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gummosis
n 1: pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and
various stone-fruit trees
2: disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora
citrophthora [syn: brown rot gummosis, gummosis]