NEEDLE BLIGHT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease of conifers causing the needles to fall

Synonyms:

leaf cast; needle blight; needle cast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

leaf blight (any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant)

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