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blights
verb(blight)
to affect (a plant) with a disease or injury marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) : to affect with blight
blights
verb(blight)
to impair the quality or effect of
blights
verb(blight)
to suffer from or become affected with blight
blights
noun(blight)
a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers)
blights
noun(blight)
an organism (such as an insect or a fungus) that causes blight
blights
noun(blight)
something that frustrates plans or hopes
blights
noun(blight)
a destructive disease of the American chestnut marked by cankers of the bark and cambium and caused by an imported fungus (Endothia parasitica synonym Cryphonectria parasitica)
blights
noun(blight)
a destructive infectious disease especially of apples, pears, and related fruits caused by a bacterium (Erwinia amylovora)
blights
noun(blight)
a disease of solanaceous plants (such as the potato and tomato) that is caused by a fungus (Phytophthora infestans) and is characterized by decay of stems, leaves, and in the potato also of tubers
blights
noun(blight)
any of several destructive fungus diseases of the potato

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