| 单词 | chestnut blight |
| 释义 | chestnut blight in American English US a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut chestnut blight in American Englishnoun Plant Pathology a disease of chestnuts, esp. the American chestnut, characterized by bark lesions that girdle and eventually kill the tree, caused by a fungus Endothia parasitica Word origin [1905–10, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airway, aspect ratio, cadre, persona, revolving doorExamples of 'chestnut blight' in a sentence |
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