psorosis
noun
pso·ro·sis
səˈrōsə̇s
plural psoroses
-ōˌsēz
: a virus disease of citrus trees affecting sweet oranges, tangerines, and grapefruit and characterized by scaly bark and exudation of gum and in the later stages retarded growth, small yellow leaves, and dieback of twigs
called also scaly bark
compare leprosis
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from psor- + -osis
- (all) the livelong day
- (all) the more so
- (all) the rage
- (and) not before time (too)
- (as) American as apple pie
- (as) big as life
- (as) blind as a bat
- (as) bold as brass
- (as) clear as a bell
- (as) cute as a button
- (as) daft as a brush
- (as) dead as a dodo
- (as) dead as a doornail
- (as) drunk as a lord
- (as) drunk as a skunk
- (as) dry as a bone
- (as) dull as dishwater
- (as) dull as ditchwater
- (as) easy as ABC
- (as) easy as falling off a log
- (as) easy as pie
- (as) good as new
- (as) guilty as sin
- (as) guilty/miserable/ugly as sin
- (as) happy as a clam