chestnut blight
noun Plant Pathology.
a disease of chestnuts, especially the American chestnut, characterized by bark lesions that girdle and eventually kill the tree, caused by a fungus, Endothia parasitica.
Origin of chestnut blight
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Words nearby chestnut blight
chesterbed,
chesterfield,
chesterfieldian,
chesterton,
chestnut,
chestnut blight,
chestnut bottle,
chestnut clam,
chestnut coal,
chestnut oak,
chesty