fire blight

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.

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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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Noun

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fire 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