Dutch elm
Britishnoun
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Adults lay their eggs on elm trees and their decline has been linked to the spread of Dutch elm disease across Europe in the 20th Century.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
The ash trees of Iowa City, planted to replace elms felled by Dutch elm disease, are now succumbing in turn.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2023
“You’ve got the American chestnut blight and the Dutch elm disease, but this seems extraordinarily rapid and severe.”
From Scientific American ● Jul. 5, 2020
"You've got the American chestnut blight and the Dutch elm disease, but this seems extraordinarily rapid and severe."
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2020
By 1950 the incidence of Dutch elm disease in New York City had been reduced to %o of 1 per cent of the city’s 55,000 elms.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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