ニレ立たち枯がれ病びょう

noun

Dutch elm disease

A fungal disease affecting elm trees, caused by Ophiostoma species and spread by bark beetles. Technical term used in forestry and plant pathology.

See also: 立ち枯れ病 (たちがれびょう)

• ニレ立たち枯がれ病びょうは、ヨーロッパや北ほく米べいで多おおくのニレの木きを枯からしてきた。

  Dutch elm disease has killed many elm trees in Europe and North America.