chestnut blight

noun

, Plant Pathology.

a disease of chestnuts, especially the American chestnut, characterized by bark lesions that girdle and eventually kill the tree, caused by a fungus, Endothia parasitica.

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Professor Craig: Mr. Hall has another interesting instance of chestnut blight.

On account of the rapid spread of the chestnut blight no other kinds of chestnut besides Chinquapins are desired at present.

We have found a few small lesions of chestnut blight which were removed by pruning and then painted with pine tar.

The chestnut blight (Endothia parasitica) attacks the Japanese chestnut about as freely as it does the American chestnut.

He worries more over this than he does over the chestnut blight.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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