hairy root

Other forms: hairy roots

Definitions of hairy root
  1. noun
    a phase of crown gall (especially in apples) during which there is abnormal development of fine fibrous roots
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    type of:
    crown gall
    a bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground
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