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clubroot

clubroot noun: 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.

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.

Synonyms of clubroot

Forms of clubroot

pluralclubroots

Origin of clubroot

From club + root.

Questions about clubroot

What does clubroot mean?
Clubroot means 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.
What part of speech is clubroot?
Clubroot is a noun.
What is the plural of clubroot?
The plural of clubroot is clubroots.

Words near clubroot in the dictionary

  1. clubnights
  2. clubrat
  3. clubrats
  4. clubroom
  5. clubrooms
  6. clubroot
  7. clubroots
  8. clubrush
  9. clubrushes
  10. clubs
  11. clubs out

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