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FOOT ROT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does foot rot mean?

• FOOT ROT (noun)
The noun FOOT ROT has 2 senses:

1. contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep)
2. plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base

Familiarity information: FOOT ROT used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FOOT ROT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("foot rot" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("foot rot" is a kind of...):

plant disease (a disease that affects plants)

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