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oak-root rot

[ ohk-root, -root ]

noun

, Plant Pathology.
  1. a disease of oaks and other trees and woody plants, caused by the fungus Amillariella mellea oak-root fungus, the fruiting body of which is the honey mushroom, and characterized by rotting roots, girdling of crown, and eventual death of the tree.


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