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fanleaf

fanleaf

1 8.4
A leaf shaped like a fan, often on grapevines, or a disease that makes leaves take that shape
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • To combat fanleaf in his vineyard, he researched effective methods of virus management.

Examples

  • There is a virus called Grapevine Fanleaf Virus that is spread by a nematode (Xiphenema index).

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  • This was an elegant solution to the Grape Fanleaf Virus problem because the top part of the vine is unchanged, and only one kind of rootstock has to be developed.

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  • Fanleaf disease.

    A Good Year (2006)

  • -...mistral of '86, -fanleaf disease in '93.

    A Good Year (2006)

  • Grapevines affected by fanleaf disease produce deformed leaves that resemble a fan.

  • The gardener noticed that the fanleaf shape of the leaves indicated a problem with the grapevines.

Synonyms

leaf disease
vsfanleaf
1 3.2

A problem that makes a plant's leaves sick or damaged

is a specific condition that makes leaves take a fan shape in grapevines

Surface Forms

fanleaf singular
fanleaves plural

Morphology

fanleaf = fan + leaf (transparent) = fan + leaf

A straightforward compound 'fan' + 'leaf' where the meaning 'leaf shaped like a fan' follows directly from the components.

Etymology

Fanleaf is simply the parts fan and leaf, with fan meaning 'a thing that spreads out' and leaf meaning 'a plant leaf'. So it names a leaf shaped like a fan, and especially the disease in grapevines that makes the leaves spread out that way.