Meaning of DRY ROT

Pronunciation:			drI rât
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  a fungus causing dry rot [n]  a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus [v]  affect or be affected with dry-rot
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	See Also:		fungus, mildew, mold, plant disease
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		blast, blight, cancer, canker, caries, carrion, decay, decomposition, foulness, fungus, gangrene, mildew, mold, mortification, moth, moth and rust, must, necrosis, pest, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankness, rot, rottenness, rust, slough, smut, sphacelation, sphacelus, spoilage, tooth decay, worm