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fire blight

fire blight noun: a bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other members of the Rosaceae family.

fire blight: a bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other...
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Noun

fire blight (countable and uncountable, plural fire blights)

  1. A bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other members of the Rosaceae family.
    • Pear growers also often reported scab and fire blights as the most damaging diseases.1949, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Information Bulletin, page xv
    • This paper reports on the transformation of apple aimed on an improvement of resistance to fire blight. Fire blight is a serious disease, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, affecting apple, pear and other members of the Rosaceous family.2003, Viola Hanke, Klaus Geider, Klaus Richter, “Transgenic Apple Plants Expressing EPS-depolymerase: Evaluation of resistance to the phytopathogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora”, in Indra K. Vasil...

fire blight meaning in Tamil and Gujarati

fire blight in Tamil

செந்தீசல், தீக்கருகல்

fire blight in Gujarati

bacterial plant disease
અંગારિયો aṅgāriyo

Forms of fire blight

pluralfire blights
alternative formfire-blight
alternative formfireblight

Questions about fire blight

What does fire blight mean?
Fire blight means a bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other members of the Rosaceae family.
What is fire blight in Tamil?
Fire blight in Tamil is செந்தீசல், தீக்கருகல். See Fire blight meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fire blight?
Fire blight is a noun.
What is the plural of fire blight?
The plural of fire blight is fire blights.

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