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sudden oak death en · NOUN

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  1. (uncountable) A disease that kills oak and other forest trees, caused by the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora ramorum.
    • More recently, sudden oak death, oak decline, beech wilt, sweet chestnut blight and horse chestnut canker have infested Europe’s forests. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 296: