fire blight
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fire blight
also fire·blight (fīr′blīt′)n.
A disease of plants in the rose family, especially apple and pear trees, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora and characterized by blackened flowers, leaves, and branches.
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fire blight
n
(Agriculture) a disease of apples, pears, and similar fruit trees, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora and characterized by blackening of the blossoms and leaves, and cankers on the branches
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fire′ blight`
n.
a disease of fruit trees, esp. of pears and apples, that blackens the foliage and is caused by a bacterium, Erwinia amylovora.
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Noun | 1. | fire blight - a disease blackening the leaves of pear and apple trees blight canker - a phase of fire blight in which cankers appear leaf blight - any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant |
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