Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dry_rot

2 senses of dry rot

Sense 1
dry rot -- (a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus)
       => plant disease -- (a disease that affects plants)

Sense 2
dry rot -- (a fungus causing dry rot)
       => fungus -- (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dry_rot

1 sense of dry-rot

Sense 1
dry-rot -- (affect or be affected with dry rot)
       => mold, mildew -- (become moldy; spoil due to humidity; "The furniture molded in the old house")