English Explanatory Dictionary

Dutch elm disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Dutch elm disease

Etymology

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

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