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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rot \Rot\, n.
1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.
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2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood,
supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See {Bitter rot},
{Black rot}, etc., below.
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3. [Cf. G. rotz glanders.] A fatal distemper which attacks
sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the
presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder.
See 1st {Fluke}, 2.
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His cattle must of rot and murrain die. --Milton.
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{Bitter rot} (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the
fungus {Glaeosporium fructigenum}. --F. L. Scribner.
{Black rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the
leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus {Laestadia
Bidwellii}. --F. L. Scribner.
{Dry rot} (Bot.) See under {Dry}.
{Grinder's rot} (Med.) See under {Grinder}.
{Potato rot}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}.
{White rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in
whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus
{Coniothyrium diplodiella}. --F. L. Scribner.
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