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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A common disease of cabbages, radishes, turnips, and other plants of the Cruciferae, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which galls form on latent roots, rendering them clublike. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A root thus affected. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

clumprootfinger-and-toe

Etymology

From club + root.

Related phrases

plasmodiophora brassicae

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