anbury
Britishnoun
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a soft spongy tumour occurring in horses and oxen
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dialect another name for club root
Etymology
Origin of anbury
C16: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Anbury, an′bėr-i, n. a disease in turnips, produced by one of the slime-fungi, and usually the result of improper cultivation.
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Anbury causes a scabbed and broken skin, and tubercular growths on the roots and at the base of the bulb.
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FINGER-AND-TOE, Club Root or Anbury, a destructive plant-disease known botanically as Plasmodiophora Brassicae, which attacks cabbages, turnips, radishes and other cultivated and wild members of the order Cruciferae.
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During one rewarding session in retreat at Anbury Park, N.J., the two men turned out Zonky, My Fate Is in Your Hands and Honeysuckle Rose in two hours.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some authorities distinguish anbury proper from 'fingers and toes' in turnips, setting it down as a distinct disease due to a fungus, while in the other case the roots simply assume a bad habit of growth through some unknown influence.
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