- tomato blight
- nouna disease of tomato plants• Syn: ↑tomato yellows• Hypernyms: ↑blight
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western tomato blight — noun or western yellow blight : a disease of the tomato that is common west of the Rocky mountains and is caused by the curly top virus of sugar beets and transmitted by the beet leafhopper but produces entirely different effects from typical… … Useful english dictionary
tomato yellows — noun a disease of tomato plants • Syn: ↑tomato blight • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun see tomato blight 2 … Useful english dictionary
blight — /blaɪt / (say bluyt) noun 1. a widespread and destructive plant disease, such as pome fruit blight or tomato blight. 2. any cause of destruction, ruin, or frustration. 3. → sandy blight. –verb (t) 4. to cause to wither or decay; blast. 5. to… …
Blight — refers to a specific symptom affecting plants in response to infection by a pathogenic organism. It is simply a rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs. [Agrios, George … Wikipedia
Tomato — For other uses, see Tomato (disambiguation). Tomato … Wikipedia
western blight — noun : western tomato blight … Useful english dictionary
yellow blight — noun 1. : a wilt of potatoes caused by a fungus (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) 2. : western tomato blight … Useful english dictionary
western yellow blight — noun see western tomato blight … Useful english dictionary
early blight — noun : any of several blights of plants in which symptoms appear early in the season: as a. : a leaf spot especially of the potato and tomato that is caused by a fungus (Alternaria solani) compare late blight b. : a leaf spot of celery caused by… … Useful english dictionary
Apple blight — Apple Ap ple ([a^]p p l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel, [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [ a]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
