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botry(o)-
A bunch of grapes.
Greek botrus, bunch of grapes.
The mould botrytis is deliberately cultivated (as noble rot) on the grapes used for certain wines; botryomycosis is a disease of horses, which produces granular masses; the adjective botryoidal describes minerals that look rather like a cluster of grapes.
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