Leaf Blight

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Leaf Blight

Definition: Leaf Blight

Leaf Blight

Noun

1. Any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Non-Fiction Usage: Leaf Blight

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Samoa	Prior to the taro leaf blight, Samoa's exports consisted of taro ($3.7 million), coconut cream ($1.8 million), and "other" ($1.3 million). (references)
	Samoa	Further economic problems occurred in 1994 with an outbreak of taro leaf blight and the near collapse of the national airline Polynesian Airlines. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression: Leaf Blight

Expression using "leaf blight": cedar leaf blight. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: Leaf Blight

Language		Translations for "leaf blight"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		Alternaria-laikkutaudit (Apple core rot, Apple moldy core, Apple storage rot, Bean leaf blight, Beet leaf blight, Pear storage rot, Tobacco brown spot, Tomato fruit rot). (various references)

French		Maladie du plant de tabac (Bean leaf blight, Beet leaf blight), Maladie de Stewart (Maize bacterial leaf blight), gale du porier (Bean leaf blight, Beet leaf blight), Flétrissement bacterien du mais (Maize bacterial leaf blight), alternariose des agrumes (Bean leaf blight, Beet leaf blight), alternariose de la betterave (Bean leaf blight, Beet leaf blight). (various references)

German		Ruebe Duerrfleckenkrankheit,Tabak Duerrfleckenkrankheit,Bohne Fleckenkrankheit,Ruebe Fleckenkrankheit,Apfel Lagerfaeule,Birne Lagerfaeule,Tabakschwamm (Apple core rot, Apple moldy core, Apple storage rot, Bean leaf blight, Beet leaf blight, Pear storage rot, Tobacco brown spot, Tomato fruit rot), Mais Bakterielle Kolbenkrankheit,Mais Bakterienwelke,Mais Stewart'sche Krankheit (Corn bacterial wilt, Maize bacterial leaf blight, Sweet corn Stewart's disease). (various references)

Pig Latin		eaflay ightblay

Spanish		marchitez bacteriana del maíz (Corn bacterial wilt, Maize bacterial leaf blight, Sweet corn Stewart's disease), enfermedad de Stewart (Corn bacterial wilt, Maize bacterial leaf blight, Sweet corn Stewart's disease), alternariosis del tomate (Apple core rot, Apple moldy core, Apple storage rot, Bean leaf blight, Beet leaf blight, Pear storage rot, Tobacco brown spot, Tomato fruit rot), alternariosis del tabaco (Apple core rot, Apple moldy core, Apple storage rot, Bean leaf blight, Beet leaf blight, Pear storage rot, Tobacco brown spot, Tomato fruit rot). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Leaf Blight

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-f-g-h-i-l-l-t"
	-1 letter: eightball.
	-2 letters: liftable.
	-3 letters: tillage.
	-4 letters: aiglet, albeit, albite, alible, alight, ballet, befall, beflag, begall, behalf, billet, blight, blithe, faille, fellah, fetial, fillet, flight, gallet, gelati, giblet, habile, halite, labile, lethal, liable, ligate, taille, telial, thalli.
	-5 letters: agile, aglet, bagel, baith, bathe, befit, begat, belga, bight, bilge, blate, bleat, blite, eight, fable, faith, fella, fetal, fight, filet, fille, filth, flail, flite, gable, gleba, glial, habit, ileal, label, laigh, laith, lathe, lathi, legal, legit, libel, light, lithe, table, telia, thief, thill.
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Alternative Orthography: Leaf Blight

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 65 61 66 42 6C 69 67 68 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100101 01100001 01100110 00100000 01000010 01101100 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#101 &#97 &#102 &#32 &#66 &#108 &#105 &#103 &#104 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0065 0061 0066 0042 006C 0069 0067 0068 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

467167722367875737486

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern

5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography

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