Earcockle

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  • n. a disease of wheat in which the ears blacken and contract
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A disease in wheat caused by the presence in the grain of worms belonging to the genus Tylelenchus. Called in some parts of England purples.
  • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    purples