monilia

[ muh-nil-ee-uh ]

noun

1. a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.

Word History and Origins

Origin of monilia¹

1745–55; < New Latin, derivative of Latin monīle necklace; -ia

Example Sentences

The fungus — Moniliophthora roreri, also called monilia or frosty pod rot — soon spread around the country, and by 1983 Costa Rican exports of dry cacao beans had declined 96 percent.

From Seattle Times

“Monilia, you’ve come to stay,” he sang, “and all you bring is hungry belly/You say you no going away, ‘til you bring me down to poverty.”

From Seattle Times

The rot of Cherries, Pears, Apples, Plums, etc., in store may be due to several fungi, of which Botrytis, Monilia, Mucor, Penicillium, and Aspergillus are the chief.

From Project Gutenberg

Monilia, forming white or grey pustules on Apples, Roestelia and other Æcidia, forming yellow or orange pustules on leaves, etc.;

From Project Gutenberg

Infelix virgo tota bacchatur in urbe: Non styrace Idæo fragrantes picta capillos, Cognita non teneris pedibus Sicyonia servans, Non niveo retinens baccata monilia collo.”—v.

From Project Gutenberg