blight
English Thesaurus
1. any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | plant disease, |
| definition | : | a disease that affects plants (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | alder blight, |
| definition | : | a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | beet blight, |
| definition | : | a disease of beet plants (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | blister blight, |
| definition | : | a disease of tea plants (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | blister blight, |
| definition | : | a disease of Scotch pines (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | cane blight, |
| definition | : | a disease affecting the canes of various bush fruits (e.g., raspberries or currants) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | coffee blight, |
| definition | : | a blight affecting the coffee plant (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | collar blight, |
| definition | : | a disease affecting the trunks of pear and apple trees (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | halo blight, |
| definition | : | a blight affecting the leaves of oats and other grasses (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | head blight, |
| definition | : | a blight of the heads of cereals (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | late blight, |
| definition | : | blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | leaf blight, |
| definition | : | any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | peach blight, |
| definition | : | a disease of trees bearing drupes (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | rim blight, |
| definition | : | a disease of tea plants (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | spinach blight, |
| definition | : | a disease of spinach plants (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | spur blight, |
| definition | : | a disease of raspberries (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | stem blight, |
| definition | : | a fungous blight attacking the stems of plants (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | thread blight, |
| definition | : | a disease of tropical woody plants (cacao or tea or citrus) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | twig blight, |
| definition | : | a disease of the ends of twigs of woody plants (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | walnut blight, |
| definition | : | a disease of English walnut trees (noun.state) |
2. a state or condition being blighted (noun.state)
3. cause to suffer a blight (verb.weather)
| hypernym | : | afflict, smite, |
| definition | : | cause physical pain or suffering in (verb.change) |
4. any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting (noun.state)
5. cause to suffer a blight (verb.weather)
| derivation | : | infestation, plague, |
| definition | : | a swarm of insects that attack plants (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | pest, pestilence, plague, |
| definition | : | any epidemic disease with a high death rate (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | pest, pestilence, pestis, plague, |
| definition | : | a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | blight, |
| definition | : | any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | blight, |
| definition | : | a state or condition being blighted (noun.state) |
6. any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting (noun.state)
7. cause to suffer a blight (verb.weather)
| derivation | : | infestation, plague, |
| definition | : | a swarm of insects that attack plants (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | pest, pestilence, plague, |
| definition | : | any epidemic disease with a high death rate (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | pest, pestilence, pestis, plague, |
| definition | : | a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | blight, |
| definition | : | any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | blight, |
| definition | : | a state or condition being blighted (noun.state) |
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