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blue stain

American  

noun

Plant Pathology.

  1. a serious fungal disease of certain trees that reduces the economic value of the timber, caused by various species of the genus Ceratocystis.

blue stain British  

noun

  1. forestry a bluish discoloration of sapwood caused by growth of fungi

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