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noun
A bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other members of the Rosaceae family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, phytopathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a disease blackening the leaves of pear and apple trees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pear blight
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: leaf blight
Narrower terms: blight canker
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