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BOTTOM ROT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bottom rot mean? 

BOTTOM ROT (noun)
  The noun BOTTOM ROT has 1 sense:

1. fungous disease of lettuce that first rots lower leaves and spreads upwardplay

  Familiarity information: BOTTOM ROT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOTTOM ROT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fungous disease of lettuce that first rots lower leaves and spreads upward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

plant disease (a disease that affects plants)


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