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CHESTNUT CANKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chestnut canker mean?
• CHESTNUT CANKER (noun)
The noun CHESTNUT CANKER has 1 sense:
1. a disease of American chestnut trees
Familiarity information: CHESTNUT CANKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 canker" is a kind of...):
blight (any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting)
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