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blister blight

blister blight

9.3
A plant disease that makes blister-like spots on leaves and shoots, often in tea plants or pine trees
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : maldición de las ampollas
  • The tea crop suffered a severe loss due to a sudden outbreak of blister blight.

Examples

  • Experts recommend early detection to prevent the spread of blister blight in plantations.

  • Experts recommend using fungicides to control blister blight in tea plantations.

  • Farmers learned new methods to manage and treat blister blight this season.

  • The tea plants were affected by blister blight this season.

  • Farmers are worried about blister blight in their crops.

  • Farmers learned how to recognize and treat blister blight to protect their tea plants.

  • The sudden spread of blister blight caused significant damage to the Scotch pine forest.

Synonyms

blight
vsblister blight
  • Specialized
7 7.3

A plant disease that makes leaves and stems die without rotting

is a specific fungal disease that makes raised spots or lesions on leaves

Surface Forms

blister blight singular
blister blights plural

Morphology

blister + blight

The meaning 'a blight marked by blister-like spots' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'blister' (a raised lesion) with 'blight' (a plant disease); the compound simply names a type of blight characterized by blisters. This noun–noun compounding pattern is common and follows predictable composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Blister blight gets its name from how the plant looks when it is sick: blister means the small raised spots on leaves, and blight means a 'plant disease'. So blister blight means a disease that makes blister-like spots on leaves.