- foot rot
- noun1. contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep) (Freq. 3)• Hypernyms: ↑animal disease2. plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base• Hypernyms: ↑plant disease
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noun1.a. : a disease (as mal di gomma of citrus) that rots the stem or trunk of an affected plant near the groundb. : a disease of cereals (as wheat) in which the culm blackens and decays resulting in lodging — compare take-all2. : a progressive inflammation of the tissues in the region of the feet (as between the digits) of sheep or cattle; specifically : a necrobacillosis marked by sloughing, ulceration, suppuration, and sometimes loss of the hoof — called also foul-foot* * *
1. Also called fouls, stinkyfoot. Vet. Pathol. an infection of sheep, causing inflammatory changes in the area of the hoofs and lameness.2. Plant Pathol. a stem rot at ground level; crown rot.[1800-10; FOOT + ROT]* * *
foot rot nounUlceration of the coronary band, or any other infection of the feet in sheep or cattle• • •Main Entry: ↑foot* * *
foot rot,an inflammatory disease of the foot in cattle and sheep, caused by the presence of bacteria.* * *
n. a bacterial disease of the feet in hoofed animals, esp. sheep. ● The bacteria belong to the genera Bacteroides and Fusobacterium■ any of a number of fungal diseases of plants in which the base of the stem rots
Useful english dictionary. 2012.