Meanings (ES + gloss)
mildiu • polvillo • tizón
A diseased condition suffered by a plant; specifically, a complete and rapid chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as floral organs, leaves, branches, or twigs, especially one caused by a fungus; a mildew, a rust, a smut.
A blight in 1855–56 set back the industry, many plantations being ruined and then given over to sugar cane. After the blight had disappeared, the plantations were re-established, a…
mal • plaga
Something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life.
But a blight had come over my existence, and I only visited these people for the sake of the information they might give me on the subject in which my interest was so terribly prof…
He saw her image in the blight and blackness all around him, not irradiating but deepening the gloom.
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