What's the difference between muscardin and muscardine?

Muscardin


Definition:

  • (n.) The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Five commercial preparations of natural pesticides were tested for in vitro compatibility with muscardine fungi, Beauveria brongniartii and Metarhizium anisopliae.

Muscardine


Definition:

  • (n.) 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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Five commercial preparations of natural pesticides were tested for in vitro compatibility with muscardine fungi, Beauveria brongniartii and Metarhizium anisopliae.

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