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THREAD BLIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thread blight mean?
• THREAD BLIGHT (noun)
The noun THREAD BLIGHT has 1 sense:
1. a disease of tropical woody plants (cacao or tea or citrus)
Familiarity information: THREAD BLIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disease of tropical woody plants (cacao or tea or citrus)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("thread blight" is a kind of...):
blight (any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting)
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