anbury

/ ˈænbərɪ /

noun

1. a soft spongy tumour occurring in horses and oxen
2. See club root
   dialect.
   another name for club root

Word History and Origins

Origin of anbury¹

C16: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Anbury causes a scabbed and broken skin, and tubercular growths on the roots and at the base of the bulb.

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The great plague is club or anbury, for which there is no direct remedy or preventive known.

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But on land less energetically tilled Anbury may prevail to such an extent as to interfere seriously with the order of cropping.

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In transplanting Cabbages it is a good plan to discard and burn such plants as are obviously affected with Anbury.

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Anbury, in his American travels, observed their condition closely and described it with what we must believe impartial accuracy.

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