1. a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants; [syn: clubroot fungus, Plasmodiophora brassicae]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Plasmodiophora brassicae
n 1: a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or
distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants
[syn: clubroot fungus, Plasmodiophora brassicae]