rot : Idioms & Phrases

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Bitter rot

  • (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the fungus Glæosporium fructigenum. F. L. Scribner.
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black root rot fungus

  • noun fungus causing black root rot in apples
    Xylaria mali.
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Black rot

  • noun a fungous disease causing darkening and decay of the leaves of fruits and vegetables
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  • (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus Læstadia Bidwellii. F. L. Scribner.
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bottom rot

  • noun fungous disease of lettuce that first rots lower leaves and spreads upward
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bottom rot fungus

  • noun fungus causing bottom rot in lettuce
    Corticium solani.
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brown root rot fungus

  • noun fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families
    Thielavia basicola.
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brown rot

  • noun any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues
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brown rot gummosis

  • noun disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora
    gummosis.
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Dry rot

  • noun a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus
  • noun a fungus causing dry rot
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  • a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus (Merulius lacrymans), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. D. C. Eaton. Called also sap rot, and, in the United States, powder post. Hebert.
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dry-rot

  • verb affect or be affected with dry rot
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Foot rot

  • noun contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep)
  • noun plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base
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  • an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness.
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Grinder's asthma, phthisis, ∨ rot

  • (Med.), a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding.
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Grinder's rot

  • (Med.) See under Grinder.
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jungle rot

  • noun skin disorder induced by a tropical climate
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liver rot

  • noun a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products
    liver rot; black disease; distomatosis.
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Pelt rot

  • a disease affecting the hair or wool of a beast.
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Potato rot

  • a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed to be caused by a kind of mold (Peronospora infestans), which is first seen upon the leaves and stems.
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ring rot

  • noun disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum
    tobacco wilt; ring disease.
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ring rot bacteria

  • noun causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc
    Pseudomonas solanacearum.
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ring rot fungus

  • noun fungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoes
    Rhizopus stolonifer; leak fungus.
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root rot

  • noun disease characterized by root decay; caused by various fungi
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rot-resistant

  • adjective satellite resistant to rotting
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Sap rot

  • the dry rot. See under Dry.
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sclerotium rot

  • noun plant disease cause by fungi of the genus Sclerotium; also one in which sclerotia are formed
    sclerotium disease.
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sheep rot

  • noun a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products
    liver rot; black disease; distomatosis.
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Silkworm rot

  • a disease of silkworms; muscardine.
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soft rot

  • noun mushy or slimy decay of plants caused by bacteria or fungi
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sweet-potato ring rot

  • noun disease of sweet potatoes in which roots are girdled by rings of dry rot
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water-rot

Wa"ter-rot` transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Water-rotted; present participle & verbal noun Water-rotting
Definitions
  1. To rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot hemp or flax.
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White rot

  • . (Bot.) (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease called rot in sheep. (b) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot.
  • (Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus Coniothyrium diplodiella. F. L. Scribner.
Webster 1913