"Dutch elm disease" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Named after the country in which the disease was first identified. (It is not specific to Dutch elms.) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Dutch elm disease (uncountable)
  1. (phytopathology) A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma and spread by bark beetles. Wikipedia link: Dutch elm disease Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Fungal diseases, Plant diseases Categories (lifeform): Rosales order plants Translations (disease of elm trees): холандската брястова болест (holandskata brjastova bolest) [feminine] (Bulgarian), malaltia holandesa de l'om [feminine] (Catalan), grafióza [feminine] (Czech), holandská nemoc [feminine] (Czech), elmesyge [common-gender] (Danish), iepziekte [feminine] (Dutch), jalakasurm (Estonian), hollanninjalavatauti (Finnish), graphiose de l’orme [feminine] (French), maladie hollandaise de l’orme [feminine] (French), Ulmensterben [neuter] (German), ολλανδική ασθένεια της φτελιάς (ollandikí asthéneia tis fteliás) [feminine] (Greek), szilfavész (Hungarian), grafiosi [feminine] (Italian), ニレ立枯病 (nire-takabyō) (Japanese), almesjuke [feminine] (Norwegian), holenderska choroba wiązu [feminine] (Polish), grafiose [feminine] (Portuguese), doença holandesa do ulmeiro [feminine] (Portuguese), boala olandeză a ulmului [feminine] (Romanian), голла́ндская боле́знь вя́за (gollándskaja boléznʹ vjáza) [feminine] (Russian), grafiosis [feminine] (Spanish), enfermedad holandesa del olmo [feminine] (Spanish), almsjuka [common-gender] (Swedish)

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