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clubroot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
clu-b-root
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A root thus affected.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From club + root.

Usage

Inflected Forms

clubroots (plural)

Synonyms

finger-and-toe

Questions

What does clubroot mean?
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.
Where does clubroot come from?
From club + root.

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