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HEARTROT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heartrot mean?
• HEARTROT (noun)
The noun HEARTROT has 1 sense:
1. any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees)
Familiarity information: HEARTROT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("heartrot" is a kind of...):
plant disease (a disease that affects plants)
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