CHESTNUT-BARK DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chestnut-bark disease mean? 

• CHESTNUT-BARK DISEASE (noun)
  The noun CHESTNUT-BARK DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a disease of American chestnut trees

  Familiarity information: CHESTNUT-BARK DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHESTNUT-BARK DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease of American chestnut trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

chestnut-bark disease; chestnut blight; chestnut canker

Hypernyms ("chestnut-bark disease" is a kind of...):

blight (any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting)