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beet blight

beet blight

7.0
A disease that damages beet plants and makes their leaves yellow
  • noun
  • /biːt blaɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : mildiu de la remolacha
  • Symptoms of beet blight include yellowing leaves and wilting plants.

Examples

  • Farmers lost much of their crop to beet blight last season.

  • Researchers are developing resistant varieties to combat beet blight.

  • Farmers are concerned about beet blight this season.

  • The beet blight affected crops across the region.

  • Farmers lost much of their crop to beet blight last season.

  • Symptoms of beet blight include yellowing leaves and wilting plants.

  • Researchers are developing resistant varieties to combat beet blight.

Synonyms

blight
vsbeet blight
  • Specialized
7 7.3

A plant disease that makes leaves and stems die without rotting

is limited to one crop and mainly reduces growth rather than causing wither

Surface Forms

beet blight singular
beet blights plural

Morphology

beet + blight

The compound is fully compositional: 'beet' names the plant and 'blight' names a plant disease, so the phrase clearly means a disease affecting beet plants. This noun+noun disease construction is a common, predictable pattern cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Beet blight comes from the picture of a fast, spreading plant sickness: beet for the crop and blight for a disease that turns leaves yellow and kills plants. So, beet blight means 'a disease that badly harms beet plants'.