clubroot

[ kluhb-root, -root ]

noun
  1. Plant Pathology. a disease of cabbage and other cruciferous plants, characterized by enlarged, malformed roots, caused by a slime mold, Plasmodiophora brassicae.

Origin of clubroot

1
First recorded in 1840–50; club + root1

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British Dictionary definitions for club root

club root

noun
  1. a disease of cabbages and related plants, caused by the fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which the roots become thickened and distorted

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