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fire blight
(redirected from Erwinia amylovora)

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fire blight also fire·blight (frblt)
n.
A destructive disease of apple and pear trees, caused by a bacterium (Erwinia amylovora) that blackens the leaves and kills the branches.
fire blight
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a disease of apples, pears, and similar fruit trees, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora and characterized by blackening of the blossoms and leaves, and cankers on the branches
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Noun1.fire blight - a disease blackening the leaves of pear and apple treesfire blight - a disease blackening the leaves of pear and apple trees
pear blight
blight canker - a phase of fire blight in which cankers appear
leaf blight - any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant
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