gummosis

9.9

A disease of fruit trees like citrus or peach when sticky gum comes out of the bark

noun
/ɡʌˈmoʊsɪs/

Specialized

: gummosis

The peach tree showed signs of gummosis after the bark was injured during pruning.

Examples

Excess moisture in the soil can increase the risk of gummosis in young trees.
Citrus growers monitor for gummosis as an indicator of disease in their orchards.
The tree showed signs of gummosis near the trunk.
Farmers are concerned about gummosis affecting their citrus crops.
Citrus growers monitor for gummosis as an indicator of disease in their orchards.
Excess moisture in the soil can increase the risk of gummosis in young trees.
The peach tree showed signs of gummosis after the bark was injured during pruning.

Compounds

brown rot gummosis

Specialized

9.4

A disease of citrus trees caused by a fungus that makes bark brown and ooze sticky gum

How Severe

dieback

Specialized

1 8.8

canker

Specialized

1 8.5

gummosis

Specialized

9.9

oozing

4.5

Surface Forms

gummosis singular

gummoses plural

Morphology

gummosis = gum (opaque) = gum + osis

The suffix '-osis' indicates a condition or disease, but the specific meaning related to trees is not directly derivable from 'gum'.

Etymology

Gummosis comes from the simple word gum ('sticky sap') and the medical ending -osis ('disease' or 'condition'). So, gummosis literally names the problem where sticky sap oozes from a tree's bark, which is why we use it for that tree disease.