anbury

/ ˈænbərɪ /

noun

1. a soft spongy tumour occurring in horses and oxen
2. dialect.
   another name for club root

Word History and Origins

Origin of anbury¹

C16: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Anbury causes a scabbed and broken skin, and tubercular growths on the roots and at the base of the bulb.

From Project Gutenberg

Anbury, an′bėr-i, n. a disease in turnips, produced by one of the slime-fungi, and usually the result of improper cultivation.

From Project Gutenberg

FINGER-AND-TOE, Club Root or Anbury, a destructive plant-disease known botanically as Plasmodiophora Brassicae, which attacks cabbages, turnips, radishes and other cultivated and wild members of the order Cruciferae.

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During one rewarding session in retreat at Anbury Park, N.J., the two men turned out Zonky, My Fate Is in Your Hands and Honeysuckle Rose in two hours.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some authorities distinguish anbury proper from 'fingers and toes' in turnips, setting it down as a distinct disease due to a fungus, while in the other case the roots simply assume a bad habit of growth through some unknown influence.

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