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bakanae

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bakanae
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease of rice plants, caused by the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi, whose metabolism produces a surplus of gibberellic acid that causes hypertrophy in the plant.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 馬鹿苗病 (baka-nae-byō, literally “foolish seedling disease”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: 馬鹿苗病

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

baka

Questions

What does bakanae mean?
A disease of rice plants, caused by the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi, whose metabolism produces a surplus of gibberellic acid that causes hypertrophy in the plant.
Where does bakanae come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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