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root rotnoun(phytopathology) Any of several plant fungal diseases caused by having overwet roots.
foot rotnounA common infection of the hoof of animals such as cattle, sheep and goat caused by two species of anaerobic bacteria, Fusobacterium necrophorum and Bacteroides melaninogenicus; infectious pododermatitis.
dry rotnounThe crumbly, decayed portions of wooden members of buildings, especially at or below grade, usually caused by a fungal infection.
clubrootnoun(phytopathology) A common disease of cabbages, radishes, turnips, and other plants of the Cruciferae, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which galls form on latent roots, rendering them clublike.
root systemnoun(botany) The structure comprising the roots of a plant.
mushroom root rotnounA plant disease caused by the fungus Armillaria tabescens.
rootnounThe part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
radicationnounThe process of taking root, or state of being rooted.
rootlingnouna plantling just beginning to root.
rootholenounA hole in the ground formed by the growth of plant roots.
rootwormnounA worm that tunnels through the roots of young plants.
radiclenoun(botany) The rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the root of the embryo.
rooternoun(US, slang) One who roots for, or applauds, something.
clubbingnoun(uncountable) The practice of frequenting nightclubs.
root hairnoun(biology) The rhizoid of a vascular plant; a tubular outgrowth of a trichoblast, a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a plant root.
rhizomanianounAn abnormal development in the taproots of some plants, especially sugar beet, characterized by fine, hairy secondary roots; it is caused by the infection of the plant with a virus transmitted by a protozoan.
rootstalknoun(botany) Synonym of rhizome.
brown rotnoun(phytopathology) A fungal disease of stone fruit such as peaches and nectarines, caused by the fungus Monilinia fructicola
bitter rotnounA disease of apples, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides.
rootballnounThe mass of roots and associated soil that comes up with a plant lifted from the soil or from a container.

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