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club-root

club-root is the alternative form of clubroot.

Meaning of clubroot

Noun

clubroot (countable and uncountable, plural clubroots)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    finger-and-toe
  2. A root thus affected.

Forms of club-root

pluralclub-roots

Questions about club-root

What is club-root the alternative form of?
Club-root is the alternative form of clubroot.

Words near club-root in the dictionary

  1. club-hoppers
  2. club-hopping
  3. club-hops
  4. club-moss
  5. club-mosses
  6. club-root
  7. club-rush
  8. club-rushes
  9. club-walking
  10. clubability
  11. clubable

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