rotting wood

collocation in English

meaningsofrotandwood

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rot
noun[U]
uk
/rɒt/us
/rɑːt/
decay:
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wood
noun
uk
/wʊd/us
/wʊd/
a hard substance that forms the branches and trunks of trees and can be used as a building material, for making things, or as ...
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(Definition ofrotandwoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Smaller plants, fungi and invertebrates (including termites) also live on or withinrottingwoodin the ghost forest.
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The large bill is used in order to extract grubs and larvae fromrottingwood.
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Larvae are xylosaprophagous and live in the moist,rottingwoodof stumps and fallen trees.
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The larvae are often saprophages, and many can be found inrottingwood.
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To a lesser extent, they eatrottingwood.
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They may also burrow under logs,rottingwood, rocks, and other natural debris.
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It is common inrottingwood, but can also cause disease in humans.
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Taxa are mainly known from north temperate regions, and are saprobic onrottingwood.
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Their ability to bore or live inrottingwoodenables their spread via ocean currents.
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It occurs, usually in small groups, onrottingwood, especially oak.
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Their current 3-classroom structure is made ofrottingwoodand tin.
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The species forms fruit bodies singly or in groups in soil orrottingwood.
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The mushroom grows in clusters or groups onrottingwood.
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The fruit bodies (mushrooms) grow onrottingwood, especially wood chips used in garden landscaping.
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Fruit bodies occur solitarily or in small groups, often nearrottingwood.
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It grows mostly on decaying bark androttingwoodin tropical countries.
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Small leaks can lead to water stains, androttingwood.
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He destroys the idol made ofrottingwoodthat is sitting on a throne.
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Species in the genus have resupinate (flattened) fruit bodies that grow onrottingwood.
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Like many other violets it often grows onrottingwood.
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