noun
- Plant Pathology. a nonparasitic disease of plants, as of potatoes and various trees, in which internal plant tissues blacken, usually as a result of extremes in temperature.
- Horticulture.
- a heart cherry having a dark skin.
- the tree bearing this fruit.
noun
- an abnormal darkening of the woody stems of some plants, thought to be caused by extreme cold
- any of various diseases of plants, such as the potato, in which the central tissues are blackened
- a variety of cherry that has large sweet fruit with purplish flesh and an almost black skin