Dutch elm disease
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Tweet n. A disease of elm trees caused by fungi of the genus Ophiostoma, especially O. ulmi or O. novo-ulmi, characterized by wilted leaves and brown streaks in the wood and resulting in eventual death of the trees. [From having been discovered in the Netherlands.] |
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