yvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

anbury

/ ˈæԲəɪ /

noun

  1. a soft spongy tumour occurring in horses and oxen
  2. dialect.
    another name for club root
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

yvlog History and Origins

Origin of anbury1

C16: of uncertain origin
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Anbury, an′bėr-i, n. a disease in turnips, produced by one of the slime-fungi, and usually the result of improper cultivation.

From

Anbury causes a scabbed and broken skin, and tubercular growths on the roots and at the base of the bulb.

From

FINGER-AND-TOE, Club Root or Anbury, a destructive plant-disease known botanically as Plasmodiophora Brassicae, which attacks cabbages, turnips, radishes and other cultivated and wild members of the order Cruciferae.

From

During one rewarding session in retreat at Anbury Park, N.J., the two men turned out Zonky, My Fate Is in Your Hands and Honeysuckle Rose in two hours.

Some authorities distinguish anbury proper from 'fingers and toes' in turnips, setting it down as a distinct disease due to a fungus, while in the other case the roots simply assume a bad habit of growth through some unknown influence.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement