blight
- noun
- /blaɪt/
- Specialized
- In 1845, a potato blight crosses the continent of Europe.
- fire blight
- late blight
- potato blight
Examples
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And unfortunately my Hollywood plum caught that blight also.
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The property to the east had been a thriving orchard until a mysterious blight struck the trees.
Fiction book (2000) -
And then a blight came along from Asia that killed them.
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Except your sweet potato plant over here has got the blight.
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Everything is doing well, I tell him, but I'm worried about late blight in the tomatoes.
Fiction book (1990) -
You're getting a blight on the leaf.
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It's the most destructive disease of potatoes worldwide, and late blight also affects tomatoes.
Academic text (1994) -
And 150 years later, potato blight is still affecting Deahl's life.
Academic text (1994) -
Harvest failures and potato blight make a bad situation worse, with a deadly famine in Ireland and food riots across France.
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The potato crop failed due to a severe blight that affected the leaves.
Synonyms
A sickness that harms plants, often caused by fungi, bacteria, or viruses
Antonyms
The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury
Compounds
A place that makes a neighborhood look bad because it is empty, damaged, or not cared for
- Specialized
A fungus that makes open sores on American chestnut trees and often kills them
- Specialized
A serious disease caused by bacteria that makes apple and pear shoots and flowers turn black and die
- Specialized
A plant disease that makes blister-like spots on leaves and shoots, often in tea plants or pine trees
- Specialized
A disease caused by a fungus that makes spots or sores on celery leaves
- Specialized
A disease of coffee plants caused by fungi or bacteria that reduces the amount and quality of beans
- Specialized
A disease that makes the bark near the base of apple and pear tree trunks decay and form wounds
- Specialized
A small woolly insect that feeds on the bark and roots of apple trees
- Specialized
A disease that makes apple tree leaves and fruit rot and can kill trees
- Specialized
A serious plant disease that attacks potatoes and tomatoes late in the growing season
- Specialized
A plant disease caused by bacteria that makes spots with yellow rings on leaves
- Specialized
A disease from a fungus that attacks wheat or barley heads and reduces the crop
- Specialized
A disease that makes threads of fungus grow on branches and leaves of tropical trees like cacao or tea
- Specialized
A disease caused by a fungus that makes raspberry stems wilt and get dark spots near the leaves
- Specialized
A disease of walnut trees that makes dark, sunken spots on leaves, shoots, and nuts
How Severe
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Blight originally named a plant disease and a helpful way to remember it is to think of an old word that meant 'to make pale' or 'burn'. You can picture leaves losing colour and life, which is why blight means a disease that makes plants wither.