fire blight

fire blight

also fire·blight (fīr′blīt′)n. A disease of plants in the rose family, especially apple and pear trees, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora and characterized by blackened flowers, leaves, and branches.

fire blight

n (Agriculture) a disease of apples, pears, and similar fruit trees, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora and characterized by blackening of the blossoms and leaves, and cankers on the branches

fire′ blight`

n. a disease of fruit trees, esp. of pears and apples, that blackens the foliage and is caused by a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora.

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fire blight - a disease blackening the leaves of pear and apple treespear blightblight canker - a phase of fire blight in which cankers appearleaf blight - any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant