Dutch elm disease
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after the country in which the disease was first identified. (It is not specific to Dutch elms.)
Noun[edit]
Dutch elm disease (uncountable)
- (phytopathology) A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma and spread by bark beetles.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 296:
- The process began 50 years ago when Europe’s elms were ravaged by the beetle-borne fungal malady misnamed ʻDutch elm diseaseʼ (which, in fact, is Asian).
Translations[edit]
disease of elm trees
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