double blossom

noun

, Plant Pathology.

1. a disease of blackberries and dewberries, characterized by witches'-brooms and flower malformations, caused by a fungus, Cercosporella rubi.

Example Sentences

That time I had a headache, or a sore throat, or that other time when my husband’s allergies flared up after we rode in a cab through Central Park when the pink double blossom cherry trees were in bloom, him with his head out the window like a golden retriever glowing with joy, but a person.

From New York Times

The trees, streets and lots committee chose dark pink, double blossom Kwanzan cherry trees for the streets, yet most only lasted 15 to 20 years.

From Washington Post

To what strange end hath some strange god made fair The double blossom of two fruitless flowers?

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps they had never seen the like before, these honorable barbarians; certainly nothing so perfect as the double blossom, of a delicacy and shade not to be surpassed.

From Project Gutenberg

I pluck the double blossom of ignominy.

From Project Gutenberg