Definition of Clubroot fungus

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

Exact synonyms: Plasmodiophora Brassicae
Group relationships: Genus Plasmodiophora, Plasmodiophora
Generic synonyms: Fungus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clubroot Fungus

clublands
clubless
clublike
clubmaker
clubmakers
clubman
clubmate
clubmates
clubmen
clubmoss
clubmoss family
clubmosses
clubroom
clubrooms
clubroot
clubroot fungus (current term)
clubroots
clubrush
clubs
clubwear
clubwoman
clubwomen
cluck
clucked
clucketh
cluckier
cluckiest
clucking
cluckings
clucks

Literary usage of Clubroot fungus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants by John Weathers (1901)
"This may be regarded more as a preventive perhaps than as an actual remedy, but burning will effectively destroy any clubroot fungus that may be in the ..."

2. Forage Crops for Soiling, Silage, Hay and Pasture by Edward Burnett Voorhees (1917)
"... in succession the soil is likely to become infested with the clubroot fungus, which will render it unfit for growing cabbage for a number of years. ..."

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