Dutch elm disease

Definitions

A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma and spread by bark beetles.

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Examples

“The village is a dignified place⟳ of thatch, half-timbering, box hedges and neat farms, set⟳ among elms (though not as many as formerly, since Dutch elm disease took its toll) on the level plain of the Pewsey Vale.”

“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).”

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