bean blight

6.8

A plant disease that makes bean leaves spot, wilt, or die

noun
/bin blaɪt/

Specialized

: muerte de la judía

Farmers are advised to look for early symptoms of bean blight during the rainy season.

Examples

Applying the recommended fungicide can help prevent the onset of bean blight in your garden.
The crop yield was reduced significantly due to bean blight spreading across the fields.
The farmer discovered bean blight in his field.
Many crops suffered from bean blight last season.
Farmers are advised to look for early symptoms of bean blight during the rainy season.
Applying the recommended fungicide can help prevent the onset of bean blight in your garden.
The crop yield was reduced significantly due to bean blight spreading across the fields.

Synonyms

blight

vsbean blight

Specialized

7 7.3

A plant disease that makes leaves and stems die without rotting

is a specific disease of one crop caused by fungi or bacteria

How Severe

epidemic

300 4.6

bean blight

Specialized

6.8

blight

Specialized

7 7.3

disease

∞ 2.3

infection

Specialized

594 3.1

leaf disease

3.2

Surface Forms

bean blight singular

bean blights plural

Morphology

bean + blight

The meaning is directly compositional: 'blight' denotes a plant disease and 'bean' specifies the affected crop, so 'bean blight' naturally means a disease affecting beans. This straightforward noun–noun compounding is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.

Etymology

Bean blight pairs bean with blight, where blight is an old word for a plant disease that makes leaves spotty and plants wilt and die. So, bean blight means a disease that 'ruins' or 'kills' bean plants.