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dry rot
verb(dry-rot)
to affect with dry rot
dry rot
verb(dry-rot)
to become affected with dry rot
dry rot
noun(dry-rot)
a decay of seasoned timber caused by fungi that consume the cellulose of wood leaving a soft skeleton which is readily reduced to powder
dry rot
noun(dry-rot)
a fungal rot of plant tissue in which the affected areas are dry and often firmer than normal or more or less mummified
dry rot
noun(dry-rot)
a fungus causing dry rot

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