单词 | wood-rotting |
释义 | > as lemmaswood-rotting wood-rotting adj. ΚΠ 1918 J. W. Harshberger Text-bk. Mycol. & Plant Pathol. xxxv. 545 Sap-rot (Polystictus versicolor (L.), Fr.).—Polystictus versicolor is one of the most cosmopolitan species of fungi known... It grows on the sapwood of every species of deciduous tree known. It is the most serious of all the wood-rotting fungi, destroying probably 75 per cent. of the timber used for railroad ties. 1971 P. H. B. Talbot Princ. Fungal Taxon. i. 17 One can only conjecture how different the course of history might have been if the British fleet had not been laid low at times by the action of wood-rotting fungi. < as lemmas |
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