"dry rot" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dry rot (uncountable)
  1. The crumbly, friable decayed portions of wooden members of buildings, especially at or below grade, usually caused by a fungal infection. Tags: uncountable
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  2. (figurative) Any progression of decay, corruption, or obsolescence. Tags: figuratively, uncountable Synonyms: dryrot, dry-rot Translations (dry rot in wood): hussvamp [common-gender] (Danish), mérule [masculine] (French), Schwamm [masculine] (German), Hausschwamm [masculine] (German), wjelk [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), hussopp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hussopp [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-dry_rot-en-noun-ol9-gaXp Disambiguation of 'dry rot in wood': 14 59 28
  3. (phytopathology) A fungal infection which affects plants, in particular potatoes. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Plant diseases, Fungal diseases Translations (dry rot in plants): tørråte [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tørr-råte [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-dry_rot-en-noun-o-SKkYss Disambiguation of Fungal diseases: 25 24 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 33 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 31 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 32 47 Topics: biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, phytopathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'dry rot in plants': 5 34 61

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