leaf blight

noun

Plant Pathology.

a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
any disease so characterized.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of leaf blight¹

First recorded in 1840–50

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Example Sentences

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You should, however, bag fallen diseased leaves — the foliage with black spot, mildew, leaf blights — to minimize problems next year.

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Disdainful of experts who could have advised them on tropical agriculture, Ford’s men planted seeds of questionable value and let leaf blight ravage the plantation.

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Modern-day critics—that’s code for my wife—complain about apple trees: the leaf blights, the maggots, the unpicked fruit that smashes on car hoods.

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‘Paul’s Scarlet’ hawthorn trees produce deep-pink double flowers in the spring but can be bare by midsummer, victims of leaf blight.

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Today it is certain leaf spots and leaf blights she’s looking for.

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leafbird leaf blotch

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