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walnut blight

walnut blight

7.6
A disease of walnut trees that makes dark, sunken spots on leaves, shoots, and nuts
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔːlnət blaɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : muerte del nogal
  • Symptoms of walnut blight include dark, sunken spots on the tree's leaves and young fruit.

Examples

  • Farmers are concerned about walnut blight destroying a large portion of their harvest this season.

  • Researchers are developing new treatments to protect walnut orchards from walnut blight.

  • The walnut blight devastated many orchards last year.

  • Farmers are concerned about walnut blight this season.

  • Farmers are concerned about walnut blight destroying a large portion of their harvest this season.

  • Researchers are developing new treatments to protect walnut orchards from walnut blight.

  • Symptoms of walnut blight include dark, sunken spots on the tree's leaves and young fruit.

Surface Forms

walnut blight singular
walnut blights plural

Morphology

walnut + blight

The compound is a straightforward noun + disease combination: 'walnut' names the plant and 'blight' names a plant disease, so the meaning 'a disease affecting walnut trees' is directly inferable from the parts. This compositional pattern (disease-of-NOUN) is common cross-linguistically and would be accessible to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

The noun walnut blight comes from a simple image: walnut is the tree and nut, and blight means plants wither or rot. Imagine dark spots and rotten nuts on the tree, so the phrase means 'a disease that damages walnut trees'.