[Fictionary] SLEECH results

[Jim Moskowitz]

>
>sleech, (n.) -- A waxy encrustation found near pruning wounds or in 
>branch crotches of azaleas, indicating a bark scale infestation.
>By JIM.  4 = Ranjit 2 + Linda 1 + Jean-Joseph 1
>Nick:  ``I might have picked this one if it were more general, like 
>for branch wounds on any tree. ''
>Ranjit:  ``A lot like my def. ?For that, 2 pts!''
>Hutch:  ``Why azaleas in particular?''


I'm afraid Hutch is gonna hafta ask a member of Eriococcus azaleae 
himself. Azaleas just happen to be what bark scales like to infest; 
all I did was give a fictitious name to a natural phenomenon...

^j^