Granville wilt
- noun
- /ˈɡræn.vɪl wɪlt/
- Specialized
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marchitez de Granville
- Symptoms of Granville wilt include yellowing leaves and wilting stems in affected plants.
Examples
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Farmers in the region suffered major losses when Granville wilt spread rapidly through their tobacco fields.
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Researchers are studying resistant tobacco varieties to combat Granville wilt.
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Farmers are concerned about Granville wilt affecting their crops.
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The granville wilt outbreak devastated many tobacco farms last year.
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Farmers in the region suffered major losses when Granville wilt spread rapidly through their tobacco fields.
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Symptoms of Granville wilt include yellowing leaves and wilting stems in affected plants.
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The Granville wilt outbreak devastated many tobacco farms last year.
Synonyms
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7.4
A plant disease that makes stems and leaves droop and shrivel because of fungus or bugs in the roots
A disease caused by bacteria that makes tobacco, tomato, and potato leaves wilt and turn yellow
Surface Forms
Morphology
Granville + wilt
This is a named disease where the noun 'wilt' supplies the core, transparent meaning (a plant disease causing drooping/shriveling) while 'Granville' functions as a label/place-name. A B1 learner who knows 'wilt' and recognizes 'Granville' as a proper name will readily infer it denotes a type of wilt (even if they cannot deduce bacterial cause or specific host), and disease-naming patterns like 'X wilt' are cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
Granville wilt may come from a town called Granville where farmers first saw tobacco plants wilt and die. Because of that clear image, the name now refers to the bacterial disease that makes plants 'wilt' and often 'die'.