clubroot fungus

clubroot fungus
noun
a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants
Hypernyms: ↑fungus
Member Holonyms: ↑Plasmodiophora, ↑genus Plasmodiophora

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