sun scaldn.
/ˈsʌn skɔːld/, U.S. /ˈsən ˌskɔld/, /ˈsən ˌskɑld/ 1. † b. U.S. Any of several fungal diseases of plants thought to resemble sun scald (sense 1a). Obsolete. rare.
a. Damage to the bark of trees, or to the surfaces of leaves, fruits, or tubers, resulting from exposure to strong sunlight (usually as a result of localized overheating of the tissues); an instance of this.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > damage due to environmental conditions
wind-stroke1657
carbunculation1666
firing1693
fire blast1727
houseburning1757
winter-killing1827
sun scald1850
scalding1865
sunburn1865
wind-blow1921
water stress1922
balling1928
windrock1969
wind-rocking1972
Waldsterben1983
1850 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 4 Mar. That scourge of the pear tree..would be much less prevalent if the trunk and limbs were kept low and well shaded by their foliage. Let any body whose trees are subject to ‘fire-blight’ or rather as it should be called, sun-scald, try the experiment and see.
1881 Gardeners' Chron. 12 Nov. 621/1 The spots..look more like the sun-scalds one sees upon the leaves of plants grown under glass.
1932 E. P. Felt & W. H. Rankin Insects & Dis. Ornamental Trees & Shrubs iv. 116 Beech, spruce and pines are subject to sun-scald.
1967 New Scientist 30 Nov. 546/2 The temperature of the fruit [sc. tomatoes] directly exposed to the sun is at least 5 to 10 deg C higher than the surrounding air, and this high temperature frequently causes sunscald.
2010 Guardian 16 July 39/5 White paint provides good protection against sun scald.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > various diseases
footrot1706
botrytis1751
leaf spot1846
winter rot1857
leaf blotch1860
downy mildew1886
sun scald1896
Septoria1897
spike-disease1906
fusarium rot1907
hadromycosis1916
verticillium wilt1916
wilt1916
die-off1918
rhynchosporium1918
shoestring rot1931
vascular wilt (disease)1946
1896 E. G. Lodeman Spraying of Plants ii. 274 Celery Blight; Rust; Sun-scald (Cercospora Apii).
1908 Biennial Rep. Missouri Fruit Exper. Station 17 When the infections occur on the trunk and the conditions are favorable for the growth of the organism [sc. Cytospora rubescens] it frequently produces large wounds which are usually spoken of as ‘sun scald’.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > gleam or glint of > on a surface or object
sun spark1828
plash1848
sun scald1897
1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous v, in McClure's Mag. Jan. 231/1 It seemed a sin to do anything but loaf over the hand-lines and spank the drifting ‘sunscalds’ with an oar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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