disease resistant
Won't catch infections
Disease resistant describes organisms—usually plants or animals—that can withstand infection or damage from pathogens.
A disease-resistant variety of tomato won't succumb to common blights that devastate other cultivars.
The term appears frequently in agriculture and horticulture: We planted disease-resistant apple trees.
Resistance isn't immunity; it means reduced susceptibility rather than complete protection.
- immuneProtected from harm
- tolerantAccepting of differences
- robustStrong and durable
- resilientAble to recover quickly
- vigorousHaving great physical energy
heirloom · heirloom tomato · cultivar · hybrid · grafted · seed stock · plant breeding · thriving · green thumb · pest control · powdery mildew · fungal · wilt · rot · root rot · breeding · crops · crop rotation
- crop protection
- cattle traitshorned, polled, black, red, spotted
- cultivarscultivar, Honeycrisp, Fuji apple, Gala apple, Granny Smith
- plant traitsthorny, spiny, evergreen, deciduous, flowering
disease resistantsusceptible
Easily influenced or harmed
sickly · immunocompromised · vulnerable · at risk · unhealthy
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