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Dutch elm disease

noun

Etymology

Named after the country in which the disease was first identified. (It is not specific to Dutch elms.)

  1. derived from elms

Definitions

  1. A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma and spread by…

    A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma and spread by bark beetles.

    • The village is a dignified place of thatch, half-timbering, box hedges and neat farms, set among elms (though not as many as formerly, since Dutch elm disease took its toll) on the level plain of the Pewsey Vale.
    • The process began 50 years ago when Europe’s elms were ravaged by the beetle-borne fungal malady misnamed ʻDutch elm diseaseʼ (which, in fact, is Asian).

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