Dutch elm disease

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noun

a disease of elms characterized by wilting, yellowing, and falling of the leaves and caused by a fungus, Ceratostomella ulmi, transmitted by bark beetles.

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Origin of Dutch elm disease

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby Dutch elm disease

Dutch disease, Dutch doll, Dutch door, Dutch East Indies, Dutch elm, Dutch elm disease, Dutch gold, Dutch Guiana, Dutch guinea pig, Dutch Harbor, Dutch hoe

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How to use Dutch elm disease in a sentence

Without it, they say, the disease would surely kill her within two years.
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He beat his illness twice, wrote about his battles with the disease, and continued broadcasting even as his health was failing.
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It was a reminder that, as Beyoncé once sang, “Perfection is the disease of a nation,” and her family is hardly flawless.
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World peace, religious tolerance, and an end to global poverty, hunger, and disease.
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Despite the obvious ongoing problems with disease and access to basics, the future of Africa is bright.
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Mrs. Woodbury paints in oils and water-colors; the latter are genre scenes, and among them are several Dutch subjects.
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In disease, the amount of solids depends mainly upon the activity of metabolism and the ability of the kidneys to excrete.
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She did her work at a most interesting period in Dutch painting.
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The stratagem worked, because the ships went about from one tack to the other without being seen by the Dutch.
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Men's lives are as thoroughly blended with each other as the air they breathe: evil spreads as necessarily as disease.
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British Dictionary definitions for Dutch elm disease

Dutch elm disease

noun

a disease of elm trees caused by the fungus Ceratocystis ulmi and characterized by withering of the foliage and stems and eventual death of the parts of the tree above ground

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Scientific definitions for Dutch elm disease

Dutch elm disease

[ dŭch ]

A disease of elm trees caused by the fungus Ceratocystis ulmi, spread by the European elm bark beetle Scolytus multistriatus and by the contact of the roots of healthy elms with those of infected trees. It produces brown streaks in the wood and results in the eventual death of the tree. No cure has been discovered, but prevention methods include the injection of insecticide into healthy trees and the destruction of all elms in infected areas.