scab : Idioms & Phrases


Crown scab

  • (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof.
Webster 1913

potato scab bacteria

  • noun cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky tissue
    Streptomyces scabies.
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russet scab

  • noun rhizoctinia disease of potatoes
    stem canker; rosette; little potato.
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wheat scab

  • noun a disease of the heads of wheat plants
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