Blight

  • 101collar blight — noun a disease affecting the trunks of pear and apple trees • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun : pear and apple blight affecting the trunk base …

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  • 102head blight — noun a blight of the heads of cereals • Hypernyms: ↑blight • Hyponyms: ↑wheat scab * * * noun or head blighting : a blighting of the heads of a cereal; especially …

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  • 103peach blight — noun a disease of trees bearing drupes • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun 1. : a brown rot of stone fruits characterized by blighting of the twigs, leaves, or flowers 2. : california blight …

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  • 104potato blight — noun a blight of potatoes • Syn: ↑potato mold, ↑potato disease, ↑potato mildew, ↑potato murrain • Hypernyms: ↑blight …

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  • 105sandy blight — noun Australia : blight 5 * * * Australian. trachoma. [1865 70; so called in allusion to the irritation caused by such a disorder] * * * sandy blight noun (Aust) Any of various eye infections • • • Main Entry: ↑sand …

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  • 106apple-blight — appˈle blight noun American blight, a woolly substance produced by an aphid that infests apple trees • • • Main Entry: ↑apple …

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  • 107Moth blight — Moth Moth, n.; pl. {Moths} (m[o^]thz). [OE. mothe, AS. mo[eth][eth]e; akin to D. mot, G. motte, Icel. motti, and prob. to E. mad an earthworm. Cf. {Mad}, n., {Mawk}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the …

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  • 108Pear blight — Pear Pear (p[^a]r), n. [OE. pere, AS. peru, L. pirum: cf. F. poire. Cf. {Perry}.] (Bot.) The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus communis}), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit …

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  • 109Urban Blight (band) — Urban Blight was a ska band featured on Rockapella s Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? album. With the song Beautiful Place (NYC) …

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  • 110Henry Blight Halicki — H.B. Halicki est un acteur, scénariste, producteur et réalisateur américain né le 18 octobre 1940 à Dunkirk dans l État de New York aux États Unis et décédé le 20 août 1989 à Tonawanda (New York). Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Filmographie …

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