clubroot

English

Etymology

From club +‎ root.

Noun

clubroot (countable and uncountable, plural clubroots)

1. (phytopathology) 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.

   Synonym: finger-and-toe

2. A root thus affected.