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

1 sense of hairy root

Sense 1
hairy root -- (a phase of crown gall (especially in apples) during which there is abnormal development of fine fibrous roots)
       => 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)