CHESTNUT BLIGHT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A disease of American chestnut trees

Synonyms:

chestnut-bark disease; chestnut blight; chestnut canker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("chestnut blight" is a kind of...):

blight (any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting)

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