Dryrot

dry rot

1. A fungal disease that causes timber to become brittle and crumble into powder.

2. A plant disease in which the plant tissue remains relatively dry while fungi invade and ultimately decay bulbs, fruits, or woody tissues.

dry rot

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) crumbling and drying of timber, bulbs, potatoes, or fruit, caused by saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungi

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) any fungus causing this decay, esp of the genus Merulius

3. moral degeneration or corrupt practices, esp when previously unsuspected

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Noun	1.	dry rot - a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus plant disease - a disease that affects plants
	2.	dry rot - a fungus causing dry rot fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia

Translations

dry rot n → fungo del legno

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dry
dry-rot
dryness
family Tuberculariaceae
fungus
genus Fusarium
genus Rhizopus
Job
leak fungus
Lies
mildew
mold
parenthood
plant disease
Powder post
Powder-posted
rhizoid
Rhizopus stolonifer
ring rot fungus

An economic backlash and a general disgust for duck ponds, moats, and dryrot mean Gordon Brown's number is up, bar a miracle.

Miliband and Air Force One by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

Indoor nests, which may be satellite colonies of larger, outside ones, are sometimes bored into wooden parts of a building or furniture, causing structural damage--oftentimes to locales already compromised by decay or dryrot.

Picnic pests or ecological marvels? Ants--who have roamed the Earth ... by USA Today (Magazine)

They found wiring and fire hazards, dryrot and rats.

Hotel may face legal challenge; Council enforces clean-up by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

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