n.
Pronunciation: fyü- ' zer- ē - ə m
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin fusus spindle
Date: 1907
: any of a genus ( Fusarium ) of ascomycetous fungi having curved septate conidia which includes forms that are important agents of plant disease and others that produce mycotoxins implicated in human and animal disease also : a plant disease (as wilt or dry rot) caused by a fusarium