Dutch elm disease
English
Etymology
Named after the country in which the disease was first identified. (It is not specific to Dutch elms.)
Noun
Dutch elm disease (uncountable)
- (phytopathology) A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma and spread by bark beetles.
Translations
disease of elm trees
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