とっくりびょう

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
徳利病
とっくり病

Etymology

From 徳利(とっくり) (tokkuri, tokkuri) + (びょう) (byō, disease).

Pronunciation

Noun

とっくりびょう (tokkuri-byō

  1. (mycology) "tokkuri disease": disease in hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) trees where the trunk displays tokkuri-shaped hypertrophy