apple blight
- noun
- /ˈæpəl blaɪt/
- Specialized
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- The gardener noticed signs of apple blight on several trees in the orchard, with dark spots appearing on the leaves.
And so if you have something like, I mean this, for instance, so we have some, we have some, some apple blight here on one of our apple trees.
- And so if you have something like, I mean this, for instance, so we have some, we have some, some apple blight here on one of our apple trees.
Examples
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To prevent apple blight, farmers often spray their apple trees with fungicides during the growing season.
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And so if you have something like, I mean this, for instance, so we have some, we have some, some apple blight here on one of our apple trees.
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After a harsh winter, the old apple tree succumbed to apple blight and stopped producing fruit.
Synonyms
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7.3
A plant disease that makes leaves and stems die without rotting
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a disease affecting apple trees' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'apple' (the fruit/tree) with 'blight' (a plant disease). This noun–noun compounding pattern transparently denotes the blight that affects apples, a predictable construction that a B1 learner who knows both words would infer.
Etymology
Apple blight is a simple farming name: imagine an apple farm where a plant 'disease' makes leaves and fruit turn brown and rot, so the apple trees look ruined by blight. That's why apple blight means a disease that damages apple trees.