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dry rot
noun
1.
2.
any concealed or unsuspected inner decay.
Origin:
1785–95
1785–95
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verb (used without object), verb (used with object), dry-rot·ted, dry-rot·ting.
to undergo or cause to undergo the action or effects of dry rot.
Origin:
1865–70
1865–70
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| dry rot | |
| —n | |
| 1. | crumbling and drying of timber, bulbs, potatoes, or fruit, caused by saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungi |
| 2. | any fungus causing this decay, esp of the genus Merulius |
| 3. | moral degeneration or corrupt practices, esp when previously unsuspected |
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