Phrase guide

Dutch elm disease

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma and spread by bark beetles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, phytopathology, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

disease of elms caused by a fungus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: plant disease

History

Etymology

Named after the country in which the disease was first identified. (It is not specific to Dutch elms.)

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: холандската брястова болест (holandskata brjastova bolest) — disease of elm trees
  • Catalan: malaltia holandesa de l'om — disease of elm trees
  • Czech: grafióza — disease of elm trees
  • Czech: holandská nemoc — disease of elm trees
  • Danish: elmesyge — disease of elm trees
  • Dutch: iepziekte — disease of elm trees
  • Estonian: jalakasurm — disease of elm trees
  • Finnish: hollanninjalavatauti — disease of elm trees
  • French: graphiose de l'orme — disease of elm trees
  • French: maladie hollandaise de l'orme — disease of elm trees
  • German: Ulmensterben — disease of elm trees
  • Greek: ολλανδική ασθένεια της φτελιάς (ollandikí asthéneia tis fteliás) — disease of elm trees
  • Hungarian: szilfavész — disease of elm trees
  • Italian: grafiosi — disease of elm trees
  • Japanese: ニレ立枯病 (nire-takabyō) — disease of elm trees
  • Norwegian: almesjuke — disease of elm trees
  • Polish: holenderska choroba wiązu — disease of elm trees
  • Portuguese: grafiose — disease of elm trees
  • Portuguese: doença holandesa do ulmeiro — disease of elm trees
  • Romanian: boala olandeză a ulmului — disease of elm trees
  • Russian: голла́ндская боле́знь вя́за (gollándskaja boléznʹ vjáza) — disease of elm trees
  • Spanish: grafiosis — disease of elm trees
  • Spanish: enfermedad holandesa del olmo — disease of elm trees
  • Swedish: almsjuka — disease of elm trees