blight
Noun
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A state or condition being blighted (synset 114586446)
is a type of: desolation, devastation - the state of being decayed or destroyed
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Any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting (synset 114238813)
is a type of: plant disease - a disease that affects plantssubtypes:
- alder blight - a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse)
- apple blight, apple canker - a disease of apple trees
- beet blight - a disease of beet plants
- blister blight - a disease of tea plants
- blister blight - a disease of Scotch pines
- cane blight - a disease affecting the canes of various bush fruits (e.g., raspberries or currants)
- chestnut blight, chestnut canker, chestnut-bark disease - a disease of American chestnut trees
- coffee blight - a blight affecting the coffee plant
- collar blight - a disease affecting the trunks of pear and apple trees
- bean blight, halo blight, halo spot - a blight of bean plants
- halo blight - a blight affecting the leaves of oats and other grasses
- head blight - a blight of the heads of cereals
- late blight - blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans
- leaf blight - any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant
- peach blight - a disease of trees bearing drupes
- potato blight, potato disease, potato mildew, potato mold, potato murrain - a blight of potatoes
- rim blight - a disease of tea plants
- spinach blight - a disease of spinach plants
- spur blight - a disease of raspberries
- stem blight - a fungous blight attacking the stems of plants
- stripe blight - a disease of oats
- thread blight - a disease of tropical woody plants (cacao or tea or citrus)
- tomato blight, tomato yellows - a disease of tomato plants
- twig blight - a disease of the ends of twigs of woody plants
- walnut blight - a disease of English walnut trees
Verb
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Cause to suffer a blight (synset 202777278)
"Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"same as: plague
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