rhizomania
Meanings
noun
- An abnormal development in the taproots of some plants, especially sugar beet, characterized by fine, hairy secondary roots; it is caused by the infection of the plant with a virus transmitted by a protozoan.
Word forms
Etymology
From rhizo- + -mania.
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