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chestnut blight

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chestnut blight
n.
A disease of chestnut trees caused by a fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica) that is especially destructive to the American chestnut, characterized by cankers that eventually kill the branches and trunk.
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Noun1.chestnut blight - a disease of American chestnut trees
chestnut canker, chestnut-bark disease
blight - any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting


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Howard Burnett responds: The American chestnut (castanea dentata) was once a principle component of the eastern hardwood forests, but the species has been almost totally removed by the chestnut blight.
Chestnut origins by American Forests
Devastating as the chestnut blight was, it missed some trees.
Any hope for old chestnuts? Can't see the forest, but there are still ... by Milius, Susan / Science News
Farmers of the region have weathered ups and downs of the market, loss of forest grazing with the denudation of the southern Appalachian forests to logging followed by fires and erosion, the loss of close markets when railroads and livestock raising in the west destroyed local industry, and the loss of the valuable American Chestnut tree to the Asian chestnut blight.
Farming on the edge: Charlie Jackson explores the modern plight of ... by Jackson, Charlie / New Life Journal
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