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clubroot

/ˈklʌbruːt/

Meanings

noun

根肿病

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.

Examples :

农民很担心,因为他的卷心菜得了根肿病,导致根部肿大变形,而且长势迟缓。