Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fire blight

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: fire b-light
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other members of the Rosaceae family.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Pear growers also often reported scab and fire blights as the most damaging diseases."
"This paper reports on the transformation of apple aimed on an improvement of resistance to fire blight. Fire blight is a serious disease, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, affecting apple, pear and other members of the Rosaceous family."
"A very serious bacterial disease in North America and Europe is fire blight, which can be most destructive to pears. In the past, fire blight led to big losses in the USA, destroying established pear orchards in one season."

Usage

Inflected Forms

fire blights (plural) fire-blight (alternative) fireblight (alternative)

Synonyms

pear blight

Questions

What does fire blight mean?: A bacterial plant disease, caused by Erwinia amylovora, that affects apples, pears and some other members of the Rosaceae family.

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