DRY ROT


Meaning of DRY ROT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1795

1.

a. : a decay of seasoned timber caused by fungi that consume the cellulose of wood leaving a soft skeleton which is readily reduced to powder

b. : a fungal rot of plant tissue in which the affected areas are dry and often firmer than normal or more or less mummified

2. : a fungus causing dry rot

3. : decay from within caused especially by resistance to new forces

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