hairy root

1. 1.

   a phase of crown gall (especially in apples) during which there is abnormal development of fine fibrous roots

   Broadercrown gall

Questions about hairy root

What does hairy root mean?

hairy root means "a phase of crown gall (especially in apples) during which there is abnormal development of fine fibrous roots".

Is hairy root a common word?

hairy root is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.