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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

chest′nut blight′, [Plant Pathol.]

Plant Diseasesa 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, American.

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