American blight

/əˌmɛrəkən blaɪt/
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Definitions of American blight
  1. noun
    primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees
    synonyms: Eriosoma lanigerum, woolly apple aphid
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    type of:
    woolly aphid, woolly plant louse
    secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads
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