Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A very destructive disease of the pear-tree.
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Examples
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One of the best illustrations of this type of disease is the pear-blight.
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I have often noticed that, while pear-blight decimated or swept large portions of a pear orchard, a few isolated trees, scattered about the neighborhood, usually remain healthy.
Seed Dispersal 1878
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