MUSCARDINE
Noun
muscardine (countable and uncountable, plural muscardines)
(countable, uncountable) A fungal disease, caused by Beauveria bassiana and other species, that affects silkworms, their bodies becoming white and covered with spores.
(countable) A dormouse.
Source: Wiktionary
Mus`car*dine", n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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