Home › Words › S › strawbreakerstrawbreakerstrawbreaker · noun — the fungal disease "eyespot" of cereals.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, strawbreaker ranks #10,954 of 43,042 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom straw + breaker.nounThe fungal disease "eyespot" of cerealsDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ramularia 58% match — A disease of barley, more fully ramularia leaf spot, caused by fungi of the genus Ramularia vs strawbreaker →earcockle 57% match — A disease of wheat and rye caused by a nematode of species Anguina tritici, in which the ears blacken and contract. vs strawbreaker →stolbur 57% match — A parasitic phytoplasma; the plant disease caused by this vs strawbreaker →cercosporiosis 56% match — A plant disease due to infection by fungi of genus Cercospora vs strawbreaker →rhynchosporium 56% match — Any of several fungi, of the genus Rhynchosporium, that are pathogenic to cereals. vs strawbreaker →redcore 55% match — An oomycete, (Phytophthora fragariae) that causes root rot in strawberries. vs strawbreaker →alternariosis 54% match — infection by Alternaria pathogens vs strawbreaker →septoria 54% match — A fungus of the genus Septoria that causes numerous leaf spot diseases on crops. vs strawbreaker →