koleroga means any of several plant diseases, with distinct causal organisms, including; A disease of palm trees such as areca palms and of many other commercially important plants caused by the oomycete Phytophthora palmivora. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
Etymology
From Kannada ಕೊಳೆರೋಗ (koḷerōga), literally "rot disease".
noun
- Any of several plant diseases, with distinct causal organisms, including; A disease of palm trees such as areca palms and of many other commercially important plants caused by the oomycete Phytophthora palmivora.
- Any of several plant diseases, with distinct causal organisms, including; Diseases of coffee, citrus, and persimmon caused by the fungus Ceratobasidium noxium