CHESTNUT BLIGHT

Meaning of CHESTNUT BLIGHT in English

noun Date: circa 1909 a destructive disease of the American chestnut marked by cankers of the bark and cambium and caused by an imported fungus ( Endothia parasitica syn. Cryphonectria parasitica )

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CHESTNUT BLIGHT — Plant disease caused by the fungus Endothia parasitica . Accidentally imported from East Asia and first observed in 1904 in …
Английский словарь Британика
CHESTNUT BLIGHT — noun or chestnut-bark disease or chestnut canker : a destructive disease of the American chestnut caused by a fungus ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHESTNUT BLIGHT — Plant Pathol. a disease of chestnuts, esp. the American chestnut, characterized by bark lesions that girdle and eventually kill the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHESTNUT BLIGHT — Date: circa 1909 : a destructive disease of the American chestnut marked by cankers of the bark and cambium and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHESTNUT BLIGHT — Function: noun Date: circa 1909 : a destructive disease of the American chestnut marked by cankers of the bark and …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CHESTNUT BLIGHT — [chestnut blight] n (ca. 1909): a destructive disease of the American chestnut marked by cankers of the bark and cambium …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHESTNUT BLIGHT — a plant disease caused by the fungus Endothia parasitica. It has killed virtually all native American chestnuts (Castanea dentata) in …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHESTNUT BLIGHT — Plant disease caused by the fungus Endothia parasitica . Accidentally imported from East Asia and first observed in 1904 in …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHESTNUT — I Any of four species of deciduous ornamental and timber trees of the genus Castanea , in the beech family. …
Английский словарь Британика
BLIGHT — Any of various plant diseases whose symptoms include sudden and severe yellowing, browning, spotting, withering, or dying of leaves, flowers, …
Английский словарь Британика
CHESTNUT — I. ˈches(ˌ)nət, usu -əd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: earlier chesten nut, from Middle English chesten, chesteine, chasteine, from Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — (a.) Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
Английский словарь Webster
CHESTNUT — (n.) The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
Английский словарь Webster
BLIGHT — (v. i.) To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights.
Английский словарь Webster
BLIGHT — (v. t.) Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.
Английский словарь Webster
BLIGHT — (v. t.) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
Английский словарь Webster
CHESTNUT — ( a. ) Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLIGHT — ( v. t. ) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLIGHT — ( v. t. ) Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLIGHT — ( v. i. ) To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — — chestnutty , adj. /ches"nut', -neuht/ , n. 1. any of the several deciduous trees constituting the genus Castanea, of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLIGHT — — blightingly , adv. /bluyt/ , n. 1. Plant Pathol. a. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — n. type of tree; horse chestnut (nut from the chestnut tree); reddish-brown horse
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHESTNUT — I. ˈches(t)-(ˌ)nət noun Etymology: Middle English chasteine, chesten chestnut tree, from Anglo-French chastein, chestain, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLIGHT — I. ˈblīt noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1578 1. a. : a disease or injury of plants marked by the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHESTNUT — noun an old joke or story. 2. chestnut ·noun a bright brown color, like that of the nut. 3. chestnut …
Webster English vocab
BLIGHT — noun a rashlike eruption on the human skin. 2. blight ·vi to be affected by blight; to blast; as, this …
Webster English vocab
CHESTNUT — [chest.nut] n [ME chasteine, chesten chestnut tree, fr. MF chastaigne, fr. L castanea, fr. Gk kastanea] (14c) 1 a: any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLIGHT — [blight] n [origin unknown] (1611) 1 a: a disease or injury of plants resulting in withering, cessation of growth, and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHESTNUT — any of four species of deciduous ornamental and timber trees of the genus Castanea in the beech family (Fagaceae), native …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLIGHT — any of various plant diseases whose symptoms include sudden and severe yellowing, browning, spotting, withering, or dying of leaves, flowers, …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHESTNUT — chestnut, C\~ BrE AmE ˈtʃes nʌt ˈtʃest- ▷ chestnut|s s ▶ ˈ chestnut tree BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BLIGHT — blight BrE AmE blaɪt ▷ blighted ˈblaɪt ɪd -əd AmE ˈblaɪt̬ əd ▷ blighting ˈblaɪt ɪŋ AmE ˈblaɪt̬ ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — / ˈtʃesnʌt; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun 1. (also ˈchestnut tree ) [ C ] a large tree …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLIGHT — / blaɪt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb [ vn ] to spoil or damage sth, especially by causing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — I. chest ‧ nut 1 /ˈtʃesnʌt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: chesten 'chestnut tree' (14-17 centuries) (from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLIGHT — I. blight 1 /blaɪt/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [singular, uncountable] an unhealthy condition of plants in which parts of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHESTNUT — n. & adj. --n. 1 a a glossy hard brown edible nut. b the tree Castanea sativa, bearing flowers in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLIGHT — n. & v. --n. 1 any plant disease caused by mildews, rusts, smuts, fungi, or insects. 2 any insect or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHESTNUT — n. & adj. n. 1 a a glossy hard brown edible nut. b the tree Castanea sativa, bearing flowers in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLIGHT — n. & v. n. 1 any plant disease caused by mildews, rusts, smuts, fungi, or insects. 2 any insect or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — n. & adj. --n. 1. a a glossy hard brown edible nut. b the tree Castanea sativa, bearing flowers in …
Oxford English vocab
BLIGHT — n. & v. --n. 1. any plant disease caused by mildews, rusts, smuts, fungi, or insects. 2 any insect or …
Oxford English vocab
CHESTNUT — ( chestnuts) 1. A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves. N-COUNT see also horse chestnut …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLIGHT — ( blights, blighting, blighted) 1. You can refer to something as a blight when it causes great difficulties, and damages …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLIGHT — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. You can refer to something as a ~ when it causes great difficulties, and damages or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CHESTNUT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES chestnut brown (= a red-brown colour ) ▪ a beautiful chestnut brown horse chestnut …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN planning ▪ The introduction of the new type of development plan under the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHESTNUT — [adjective]Chestnut is a deep reddish-brown colour.Her hair was cut in a short bob and dyed chestnut.
Cambridge English vocab
BLIGHT — [verb], [noun] - (to cause) disease and death in plants or severe damage to thingsA potato blight destroyed the main …
Cambridge English vocab
CHESTNUT — n. chestnut blight horse chestnut family water chestnut
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHESTNUT — n. Any of four species of deciduous ornamental and timber trees of the genus Castanea , in the beech family. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLIGHT — n. Any of various plant diseases whose symptoms include sudden and severe yellowing, browning, spotting, withering, or dying of leaves, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLIGHT — verb Blight is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ prospect
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BLIGHT — n. 25B6; noun potato blight : DISEASE, canker, infestation, fungus, mildew, mould. the blight of aircraft noise : AFFLICTION, scourge, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLIGHT — n. 1 affliction, disease, plague, infestation, pestilence, scourge The crops were visited with a blight that lasted seven years 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CHESTNUT — 1. сущ. 1) каштан (дерево, плод, древесина) 2) конский каштан Syn : horse-chestnut 3) бабка (у лошади) 4) каштановый цвет …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHESTNUT — chestnut.ogg 1. ʹtʃesnʌt n 1. 1> бот. каштан благородный ( Castanea sativa ) 2> каштан ( плод ) 2. каштан, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BLIGHT — blight.ogg 1. blaıt n 1. болезнь растений, характеризующаяся завяданием, прекращением роста, опаданием листьев без гниения 2. 1> насекомые-паразиты на растениях …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHESTNUT — chestnut сущ.1) каштан (дерево, плод, древесина) 2) конский каштан Syn:horse-chestnut 3) бабка (у лошади) 4) каштановый цвет 5) разг. гнедая …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CHESTNUT — 1. ʹtʃesnʌt n 1. 1> бот. каштан благородный ( Castanea sativa ) 2> каштан ( плод ) 2. каштан, каштановое …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BLIGHT — 1. blaıt n 1. болезнь растений, характеризующаяся завяданием, прекращением роста, опаданием листьев без гниения 2. 1> насекомые-паразиты на растениях 2> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CHESTNUT — 1. сущ. 1) каштан ( дерево, плод, древесина ) 2) конский каштан Syn: horse-chestnut 3) бабка ( у лошади ) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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