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クリ胴枯病どうがれびょう

Meanings

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noun

chestnut blight; chestnut canker

A fungal disease affecting chestnut trees, caused by Cryphonectria parasitica. Technical term used in agriculture and forestry.

クリ胴どう枯がれ病びょうは、かつてアメリカのクリ林ばやしに大おおきな被ひ害がいを与あたえた。
Chestnut blight once caused great damage to American chestnut forests.

Kanji

胴trunk, torso, hull (ship)
枯wither, die, dry up
病ill, sick

Etymology

Compound of クリ (chestnut) + 胴枯病 (trunk blight disease). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the disease.