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  • 71early blight — noun : any of several blights of plants in which symptoms appear early in the season: as a. : a leaf spot especially of the potato and tomato that is caused by a fungus (Alternaria solani) compare late blight b. : a leaf spot of celery caused by… …

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  • 72Malcolm Blight Medal — The Malcolm Blight Medal is a post season award given to the best and fairest player in the Adelaide Crows Football Club. The medal was named after former Adelaide Crows coach, Malcolm Blight and was first awarded in 1991. Recipients Year Winner… …

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  • 73chestnut blight — Plant Pathol. a disease of chestnuts, esp. the American chestnut, characterized by bark lesions that girdle and eventually kill the tree, caused by a fungus, Endothia parasitica. [1905 10, Amer.] * * * Plant disease caused by the fungus Endothia… …

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  • 74John Blight — (born 1913 1995) was an Australian poet. BiographyBorn in Unley, South Australia on July 30, 1913, Blight was educatd at Brisbane High School. [Australian Verse: An Illustrated Treasury , edited by Beatrice Davis, State Library of New South Wales …

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  • 75bean blight — noun a blight of bean plants • Syn: ↑halo blight, ↑halo spot • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun : a disease caused by a bacterium (Xanthomonas phaseoli) distinguished from bean anthracnose by more irregular diffuse extended and water soaked lesions… …

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  • 76celery blight — noun a fungous leaf spot disease of the celery plant • Hypernyms: ↑late blight * * * noun : early blight, late blight, or bacterial blight of celery or a combination of these …

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  • 77twig blight — noun a disease of the ends of twigs of woody plants • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun : a dying back (as in fire blight or brown rot) of the terminal branches or twigs of woody plants compare dieback, withertip * * * Plant Pathol. blight affecting… …

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  • 78planning blight — A fall in value, and consequent neglect, of property in an area, caused by uncertainty about its planned future • • • Main Entry: ↑blight planning blight see under ↑blight • • • Main Entry: ↑plan …

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  • 79Fusarium ear blight — Taxobox | name = Fusarium image width = image caption = regnum = Fungi phylum = Ascomycota classis = Sordariomycetes ordo = Hypocreales genus = Fusarium Fusarium ear blight (also called FEB, Fusarium head blight , FHB or scab), is a fungal… …

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  • 80The Blight of Asia — is a book, written in 1926 by George Horton, that provides an eyewitness account of the events leading up to the Great Fire of Smyrna, that ravaged the city of Smyrna (then and now called İzmir) as of 13 September 1922, He then served as U.S.… …

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