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root rot
noun
, Plant Pathology.
- a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by discoloration and decay of the roots.
- any disease so characterized.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of root rot1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
I think you will have more loss from sunscald and root rot than you will from blight.
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Both are associated with and are probably a cause of the root-rot of the cherry and other orchard fruits.
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The pecan has fungus root-rot and various wood rot fungi besides the leaf diseases.
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The cotton crop of the country is threatened with root rot, the bollworm, and the boll weevil.
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The former is more suited to the moister soils and wherever there is danger of root-rot, and the latter to the drier soils.
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