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ALDER BLIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alder blight mean?
• ALDER BLIGHT (noun)
The noun ALDER BLIGHT has 1 sense:
1. a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse)
Familiarity information: ALDER BLIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("alder blight" is a kind of...):
blight (any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
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