Look up: blight

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   blight
   A disease characterized by rapid and extensive death of plant foliage. A general term applied to any of a wide range of unrelated plant diseases. (e.g., chestnut blight, fireblight, late blight, halo blight)
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   Blight
   Decline of neighbourhoods earmarked for redevelopment. Sometimes referred to as planning blight, the decline usually involves a fall in house prices.
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   Blight
   Common name for a number of different diseases on plants characterised by the rapid death of plant tissue e.g. leaf blight, blossom blight, shoot blight.
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   blight
   [Verb] To spoil or destroy.
   Example: His childhood was blighted by poor health.
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   blight
   [n] - a state or condition being blighted 2. [n] - any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting 3. [v] - cause to suffer a blight
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   blight
   any disease,or(occasionally)a pest,associated with an often rapid wilting and dieback of foliage,flowers and even shoots Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   Blight
   Blight (blīt) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Blighted ; present participle & verbal noun Blighting .] [ Perh. contr. from Anglo-Saxon blīcettan to glitter, from the same root as English bleak . The meaning 'to blight' comes in that case from to glitter, hence, to be white or pale, grow pale, ma ...
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   Blight
   Blight intransitive verb To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights .
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   Blight
   Blight noun 1. Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences. 2. The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc. ...
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    blight
    1. To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of. '[This vapor] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man.' (Woodward) ... 2. Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects. 'Seared in heart and lone and blighted.' (Byron)< ...
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    blight
    noun a state or condition being blighted
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    blight
    plague verb cause to suffer a blight; `Too much rain may blight the garden with mold`
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    Blight
    `Blight` refers to a specific symptom that can be expressed by plants in response to infection by a plant pathogenic organism. It is simply a rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs. Accordingly, many diseases that primarily exhibit this symptom are called `blights`. Several notable examples are: * Late blight of potato, caused by the water mold `Phytophthora infestans`...
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    Blight
    • (n.) The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc. • (n.) A rashlike eruption on the human skin. • (v. t.) Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one`s prospects. • (n.) Mildew...
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    blight
    any of various plant diseases whose symptoms include sudden and severe yellowing, browning, spotting, withering, or dying of leaves, flowers, fruit, ... [1 related articles]
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    blight
    blight, general term for any sudden and severe plant disease or for the agent that causes it. The term is now applied chiefly to diseases caused by bacteria (e.g., bean blights and fire blight of fruit trees), viruses (e.g., soybean bud blight), fungi (e.g., chestnut blight), and protists (e.g., pot...
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