malsecco

Italian

Etymology

mal (“illness, disease”, apocopic form of male) +‎ secco (“arid, dry”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malˈsek.ko/
• Rhymes: -ekko
• Hyphenation: mal‧séc‧co

Noun

malsecco m (uncountable)

1. a disease of citrus plants

Further reading

• malsecco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana