Definition of fireblight in English:
fireblight
nounˈfʌɪəblʌɪtˈfaɪ(ə)rˌblaɪt
mass nounA serious bacterial disease of plants of the rose family, especially fruit trees, giving the leaves a scorched appearance.
The bacterium is the Gram-negative Erwinia amylovora
Example sentencesExamples
- Growers fear imported apples may bring in the disease fireblight.
- Australia currently bans the import of New Zealand apples because it fears the fireblight bacterial disease.
- Orchardists are concerned the bacterial disease fireblight could be imported into Australia, with devastating effects on the local fruit industry.
- In the latter case, growers will be much cheered by the news yesterday that Japan is finally to end its non-tariff barrier to our fruit by dropping the pretence that it poses a fireblight risk to their own.
- Australian growers remain concerned about the risk of the disease fireblight being introduced to their orchards.
Definition of fireblight in US English:
fireblight
nounˈfaɪ(ə)rˌblaɪtˈfī(ə)rˌblīt
A serious bacterial disease of plants of the rose family, especially fruit trees, giving the leaves a scorched appearance.
The bacterium is Erwinia amylovora
Example sentencesExamples
- In the latter case, growers will be much cheered by the news yesterday that Japan is finally to end its non-tariff barrier to our fruit by dropping the pretence that it poses a fireblight risk to their own.
- Orchardists are concerned the bacterial disease fireblight could be imported into Australia, with devastating effects on the local fruit industry.
- Growers fear imported apples may bring in the disease fireblight.
- Australia currently bans the import of New Zealand apples because it fears the fireblight bacterial disease.
- Australian growers remain concerned about the risk of the disease fireblight being introduced to their orchards.