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fireblight

fireblight is the alternative form of fire blight.

Meaning of fire blight

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

Forms of fireblight

pluralfireblights

Questions about fireblight

What is fireblight the alternative form of?
Fireblight is the alternative form of fire blight.

Words near fireblight in the dictionary

  1. firebird
  2. firebirds
  3. fireblast
  4. fireblasts
  5. fireblende
  6. fireblight
  7. fireblights
  8. fireboard
  9. fireboards
  10. fireboat
  11. fireboats

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