clubroot

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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
A root thus affected
{i} disease that affects plant roots (such as cabbages, turnips etc.) in which the root becomes swollen and deformed

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clubroot fungus
a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants