Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

root rot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
root rot
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several plant fungal diseases caused by having overwet roots.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From root + rot.

Usage

Inflected Forms

root rots (plural) rootrot (alternative)

Phrases

Armillaria root rot black root rot cotton root rot Fusarium root rot laminated root rot mushroom root rot raspberry root rot shoestring root rot

Questions

What does root rot mean?
Any of several plant fungal diseases caused by having overwet roots.
Where does root rot come from?
From root + rot.

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