botrytis

American  

[boh-trahy-tis] / boʊˈtraɪ tɪs /

noun

1. any imperfect fungus of the genus Botrytis, having the conidia in grapelike bunches: a major cause of plant disease.

2. noble rot.

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botrytis British  

/ bɒtˈraɪtɪs /

noun

1. any of a group of fungi of the genus Botrytis , several of which cause plant diseases

2. winemaking a fungus of this genus, Botrytis cinerea , which causes noble rot

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Etymology

Origin of botrytis

< New Latin (1832) < Greek bótry ( s ) bunch of grapes + New Latin -( ī ) tis -itis

Example Sentences

Freshly-harvested roses, for instance, are then dipped into a chemical mixture to protect them from the fungus, botrytis.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2022

A: This sounds like botrytis blight, a fungal disease.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022

But at harvest, at the right time on the right grapes, the right type of botrytis shrivels the grapes to concentrate the juice.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021

Other ways of making sweet wine include air-drying grapes, as in Amarone; harvesting grapes shriveled by botrytis cinerea, the noble rot, as in Sauternes; or fortifying, adding neutral spirits to stop fermentation, as in port.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2019

T. botrytis in its ochraceous forms sometimes shows tendency to the same thing, but the checkered surface is here conspicuous.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)