- blister canker
- noun
: a disease of the apple tree caused by an ascomycetous fungus (Nummularia discreta) producing roughened and blackened cankers on the trunk and larger limbs — called also apple pox
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
blister canker
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canker — [n] blistered infection bane, blight, blister, boil, cancer, corrosion, corruption, lesion, rot, scourge, smutch, sore, ulcer; concept 306 canker [v] blight, corrupt animalize, bestialize, consume, corrode, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave,… … New thesaurus
blister — [n] swelling abscess, blain, bleb, boil, bubble, bulla, burn, canker, carbuncle, cyst, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sac, sore, ulcer, vesication, vesicle, wale, weal, welt, wheal; concept 309 … New thesaurus
blister — Synonyms and related words: abscess, air bubble, aposteme, assail, attack, balloon, bed sore, bilge, birthmark, blackhead, bladder, blain, blaze, bleb, blemish, blob, blood blister, boil, boss, bow, brand, bubble, bubo, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump,… … Moby Thesaurus
canker — Synonyms and related words: abscess, adulterate, alloy, aposteme, bed sore, blain, blast, bleb, blight, blister, boil, break up, bubo, bulla, bunion, cancer, canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid, cheapen, chilblain, coarsen, cold sore,… … Moby Thesaurus
blister — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vesicle; bubble, sac. See receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vesicle, bleb, sac, bulla, wheal, wale, weal, welt, blood blister, water blister, second degree burn; see also injury 1 , sore . v. Syn.… … English dictionary for students
canker — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ulcer, sore, boil, infection; see injury 1 , sore . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. lesion, sore, ulcer, blister, cold sore. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun Anything that is injurious, destructive, or fatal: bane,… … English dictionary for students
apple canker — noun a disease of apple trees • Syn: ↑apple blight • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun : any of several diseases of the apple tree that produce cankers (as bark canker, bitter rot, black rot, blister canker … Useful english dictionary
BCVd — blister canker viroid … Medical dictionary
BCVd — • blister canker viroid … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
fester — [v] intensify; become inflamed aggravate, blister, canker, chafe, decay, gall, gather, irk, maturate, putrefy, rankle, rot, smolder, suppurate, ulcer, ulcerate; concepts 469,698 Ant. dissipate, get better, heal, lessen … New thesaurus
