"fire blight" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fire blights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fire blight (countable and uncountable, plural fire blights)
  1. (phytopathology) A bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other members of the Rosaceae family. Wikipedia link: fire blight Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bacterial diseases, Plant diseases Synonyms: fire-blight, fireblight Translations (bacterial plant disease): foc bacterià [masculine] (Catalan), bacterievuur [neuter] (Dutch), tulipolte (Finnish), feu bactérien [masculine] (French), Feuerbrand [masculine] (German), અંગારિયો (aṅgāriyo) (Gujarati), zaraza ogniowa [feminine] (Polish), бактериа́льный ожо́г (bakteriálʹnyj ožóg) [masculine] (Russian)

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