Dutch elm disease en · NOUN
Etymology
Named after the country in which the disease was first identified. (It is not specific to Dutch elms.)
Meanings
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(uncountable) A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma and spread by bark beetles.
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.
1980, AA Book of English Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 67: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).
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 296:
Translations (24)
fr maladie hollandaise de l'orme (disease of elm trees) · it grafiosi (disease of elm trees) · ca malaltia holandesa de l'om (disease of elm trees) · bg холандската брястова болест (disease of elm trees) · el ολλανδική ασθένεια της φτελιάς (disease of elm trees) · ro boala olandeză a ulmului (disease of elm trees) · hu szilfavész (disease of elm trees) · es grafiosis (disease of elm trees) · sv almsjuka (disease of elm trees) · ja ニレ立枯病 (disease of elm trees) · nl iepziekte (disease of elm trees) · ru голла́ндская боле́знь вя́за (disease of elm trees) · fr graphiose de l'orme (disease of elm trees) · et jalakasurm (disease of elm trees) · pl holenderska choroba wiązu (disease of elm trees) · fi hollanninjalavatauti (disease of elm trees) · pt grafiose (disease of elm trees) · cs grafióza (disease of elm trees) · da elmesyge (disease of elm trees) · es enfermedad holandesa del olmo (disease of elm trees) · no almesjuke (disease of elm trees) · pt doença holandesa do ulmeiro (disease of elm trees) · de Ulmensterben (disease of elm trees) · cs holandská nemoc (disease of elm trees)