apple canker

apple canker
noun
a disease of apple trees
Syn: ↑apple blight
Hypernyms: ↑blight

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noun
: any of several diseases of the apple tree that produce cankers (as bark canker, bitter rot, black rot, blister canker, European canker, fire blight, or perennial canker)

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