clubroot

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nounclubroot (countable and uncountable, plural clubroots)

plural clubroots

  1. countableuncountablebiologyA 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.

    Synonyms: finger-and-toe

  2. countableuncountableA root thus affected.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
finger-and-toe
Also see
clumproot

Origin

From club + root.

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Cite this entry
APA

clubroot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clubroot

MLA

“clubroot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clubroot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clubroot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clubroot.

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