tomato blight
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4.5
- noun
- /təˈmeɪtoʊ blaɪt/
- Specialized
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mildiú del tomate
- After discovering tomato blight on some plants, I had to throw away the affected tomatoes to stop the spread.
Examples
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To combat tomato blight, it's crucial to rotate your crops and remove any infected plants immediately.
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So I thank you for watching how to how to prevent tomato blight and other tomato diseases.
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Say, for example, your business is to visit people in their homes and eradicate tomato blight; then you might use your local town, area, or county as part of the name, and this will definitely help in that instance.
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My tomatoes were hit with late tomato blight, and I harvested buckets of green tomatoes this week before digging up the plants and disposing of them, sure that I would find something to do with them.
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In addition, two weeds—leafy spurge and sicklepod—and a plant disease—tomato blight—are potential projects.
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Last year, my garden was devastated by tomato blight, which turned many of the fruits black and mushy.
Synonyms
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7.3
A plant disease that makes leaves and stems die without rotting
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'blight' denotes a plant disease and 'tomato' specifies the affected plant, so a learner who knows both words can infer a disease affecting tomato plants. This noun-compound pattern (e.g. 'potato blight') is common in English and cross-linguistically, making the expression immediately understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
Tomato blight paints a clear picture: blight is a word for a fast plant disease that makes leaves go dark, spotty and rot, so tomato blight means 'a disease that ruins tomato plants'.