pear blight
- noun
- Specialized
:
muerte de perales
- The farmer noticed the pear blight spreading through his orchard, causing the leaves to blacken and wilt.
Examples
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Other contributions by the younger Berckmans to the Cultivator included articles on strawberries, evergreens, pear blight, and hybridity in fruit.
Academic text (2015) -
For example, he reported on pear blight in 1873 and on new fruits in 1879.
Academic text (2015) -
After diagnosing the pear blight, the gardener took immediate action to save the affected trees from further damage.
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Experts warned that untreated pear blight could lead to the loss of entire crops in the following season.
Synonyms
1
7.7
A serious disease caused by bacteria that makes apple and pear shoots and flowers turn black and die
Antonyms
How Severe
- Specialized
1
7.7
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
8.8
- Specialized
1
8.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'pear' (the host species) with 'blight' (a plant disease): it names a disease affecting pear trees. This noun-noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common way to label host-specific plant diseases, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
Pear blight comes from a plant sickness that made the leaves and fruit of a pear tree go black and die. People used the word blight for this sudden damage, so pear blight now means a serious 'disease' that quickly harms pear trees.