clubroot

[ kluhb-root, -root ]

/ ˈklʌbˌrut, -ˌrʊt /

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noun

Plant Pathology. a disease of cabbage and other cruciferous plants, characterized by enlarged, malformed roots, caused by a slime mold, Plasmodiophora brassicae.

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Origin of clubroot

First recorded in 1840–50; club + root¹

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How to use clubroot in a sentence

A Republican candidate hoping to win red state support could find a worse team to root for than one from Dallas.
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A running joke inside the tribe is that the group is like that club with a hundred people waiting outside to get in.
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Last summer, I spoke with first black supermodel Beverly Johnson about this for The Root.
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It has grown from a rotten root—striving to replace human judgment with detailed dictates.
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To my own surprise, last year I started a book club, which includes writers, editors and an agent.
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It was Wednesday night; over forty men sat down to the house-dinner at the Pandemonium Club.
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He is what the bill wishes to make for us, a regular root doctor, and will suit the place exactly.
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In most club card-rooms smoking is not permitted, but at the Pandemonium it is the fashion to smoke everywhere.
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But at the root of the unnatural miracles is the natural miracle—the heart of man.
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You see, I stuck to him like a log to a root, but for the first week or so 'twant no use—not a bit.
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British Dictionary definitions for clubroot

club root

noun

a disease of cabbages and related plants, caused by the fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which the roots become thickened and distorted

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