a stroke or injury caused or supposed to be caused by the wind (see quots.).

The damaging of the buds, shoots, etc., of plants by frost or other extremes of temperature.

In plants, esp. crop plants: the development of an abnormal yellow, brown, spotted, or scorched appearance, whether caused by disease or by…

damage to plants characterized by a scorched appearance of affected parts (cf. fire blight n.); an instance of this; a disease or disorder…

the condition of being house-burnt; the process by which this occurs.

the death of plants or animals as a result of exposure to frost, snow, or extreme cold; = winterkill n.

Damage to the bark of trees, or to the surfaces of leaves, fruits, or tubers, resulting from exposure to strong sunlight (usually as a result of…

Horticulture. Injury done to plants by the sun's heat after watering.

Damage to plant tissues caused by the sun, spec. sun scald or sun scorch (see sun, n.1 compounds 5a); an instance of this. Also: †a fungal disease…

(a) a stretch of land eroded by wind; (b) (see quot. 1955); (c) = windthrow n. below.

Botany and Agriculture. Physiological stress experienced by a plant as a result of a lack of available moisture or a low water potential in the…

Horticulture. A condition affecting roses in damp conditions, in which adhesion of the outer petals results in failure of the buds to open. Cf. ball…

damage to the roots of young plants, caused by the movement of the stem in the wind; also as v. transitive.

A detrimental condition affecting some forests, in which trees and other vegetation sicken and die, esp. as a result of atmospheric pollution.