CLUBROOT FUNGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clubroot fungus mean? 

• CLUBROOT FUNGUS (noun)
  The noun CLUBROOT FUNGUS has 1 sense:

1. a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants

  Familiarity information: CLUBROOT FUNGUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLUBROOT FUNGUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

clubroot fungus; Plasmodiophora brassicae

Hypernyms ("clubroot fungus" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Holonyms ("clubroot fungus" is a member of...):

genus Plasmodiophora; Plasmodiophora (type genus of Plasmodiophoraceae comprising minute plant parasitic fungi similar to and sometimes included among the slime molds)