DRY ROT
Dictionary entry overview: What does dry rot mean? • DRY ROT (noun)
The noun DRY ROT has 2 senses:
1. a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus
2. a fungus causing dry rot
Familiarity information: DRY ROT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DRY ROT (noun)
Meaning:
A crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dry rot" is a kind of...):
plant disease (a disease that affects plants)
Meaning:
A fungus causing dry rot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("dry rot" is a kind of...):
fungus (a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores)
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