FIRE BLIGHT


Meaning of FIRE BLIGHT in English

Plant Pathol.

a disease of pears, apples, quinces, etc., characterized by blossom, twig, and fruit blight and stem cankers, caused by a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora.

[ 1740-50; from the burnt look of the foliage ]

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