muscardine

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noun

A fungal disease, caused by Beauveria bassiana and other species, that affects silkworms, their bodies becoming white and covered with spores.

OriginFrench muscardine →
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Meanings

nounmuscardine (countable and uncountable, plural muscardines)

plural muscardines

  1. countableuncountableA fungal disease, caused by Beauveria bassiana and other species, that affects silkworms, their bodies becoming white and covered with spores.
  2. countableA dormouse.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
calcino

Origin

  1. Frenchmuscardine
  2. Englishmuscardine

From French muscardine.

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APA

muscardine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscardine

MLA

“muscardine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscardine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muscardine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscardine.

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