Blight
121chestnut blight — ☆ chestnut blight n. a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut …
122fire blight — ☆ fire blight n. a disease of fruit trees, as the pear or apple, caused by a bacterium (Erwinia amylovora): it kills the branches and blackens the leaves …
123alder blight — noun a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse) • Topics: ↑plant, ↑flora, ↑plant life • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun : woolly alder aphid …
124American blight — noun primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees • Syn: ↑woolly apple aphid, ↑Eriosoma lanigerum • Hypernyms: ↑woolly aphid, ↑woolly plant louse • Member Holonyms: ↑Eriosoma, ↑ …
125beet blight — noun a disease of beet plants • Hypernyms: ↑blight …
126needle blight — noun a disease of conifers causing the needles to fall • Syn: ↑needle cast, ↑leaf cast • Hypernyms: ↑leaf blight * * * noun or needle cast : leaf cast …
127rim blight — noun a disease of tea plants • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun : a disease of tea caused by a fungus of the genus Cladosporium and characterized by yellowing of the leaf margins followed by browning …
128spinach blight — noun a disease of spinach plants • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun : a mosaic disease of spinach caused by the cucumber mosaic virus …
