|
blight
has definitions from the field of medicine
|
|
| 1 |
[ noun ] a state or condition being blighted
Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)The breakdown of social homogeneity in inner_city areas and the spread of inner_city blight account_for the decline of central_city churches . Related terms |
| 2 |
[ verb ] cause to suffer a blight
Synonyms Examples "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold." Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Three of these only were protected from us by stern commandment : the roses , whose petals might_not be collected until they had fallen , to be made into perfume or rose tea to drink ; the peonies , whose tight sticky buds would be blighted by the laying_on of_a finger , although they were not apparently harmed by the ants that crawled over them ; and the poppies . Related terms |
| 3 |
[ noun ] (medicine) any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
Related terms plant_disease apple_blight blister_blight blister_blight cane_blight leaf_blight coffee_blight collar_blight halo_blight halo_blight head_blight late_blight peach_blight chestnut_blight potato_blight rim_blight spinach_blight spur_blight stem_blight stripe_blight thread_blight tomato_blight twig_blight walnut_blight beet_blight alder_blight |
| * |
|