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leaf blight

noun

, Plant Pathology.
  1. a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
  2. any disease so characterized.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of leaf blight1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

You should, however, bag fallen diseased leaves — the foliage with black spot, mildew, leaf blights — to minimize problems next year.

Disdainful of experts who could have advised them on tropical agriculture, Ford’s men planted seeds of questionable value and let leaf blight ravage the plantation.

Modern-day critics—that’s code for my wife—complain about apple trees: the leaf blights, the maggots, the unpicked fruit that smashes on car hoods.

‘Paul’s Scarlet’ hawthorn trees produce deep-pink double flowers in the spring but can be bare by midsummer, victims of leaf blight.

Today it is certain leaf spots and leaf blights she’s looking for.

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