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Definition of Heartrot
1. Noun. Any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heartrot
Literary usage of Heartrot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1914)
"... which causes a destructive heartrot in living oaks. Fames igni- arius, the
false tinder fungus, which is confined to the deciduous trees and is ..."
2. Forestry; a journal of forest and estate management by Francis George Heath, 1843-1913 ed (1879)
"Being liable to various diseases, including insect attacks, bleeding, blistering,
and heartrot, it becomes all interested in its ..."
3. Proceedings for the Eight Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference by M. Boya Edwards (2001)
"... study sites show little to no buttressing, but exhibited heartrot (and therefore
hollowness) that increased with sampling heights. ..."
4. Our National Forests: A Short Popular Account of the Work of the United by Richard Hans Douai Boerker (1918)
"Fire as a cause of wounds is responsible for more cases of heartrot than all
other injuries taken together. For this reason the protection of forests from ..."
5. A Manual of Diseases of Tropical Acacias in Australia, South-east Asia and India by Kenneth M. Old (2000)
"The incidence of heartrot in Acacia mangium plantations in Peninsular Malaysia.
FRIM Research Pamphlet No. 114, 15 p. ..."
6. The School Book of Forestry by Charles Lathrop Pack (1922)
"Fires wound the base and trunks of forest trees severely so that they are exposed
to serious destruction by heartrot. Foresters try to locate and dispose of ..."
7. Annual Report: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Oregon State by Oregon State Horticultural Society (1921)
"... of vigorous young fruiting wood free from heartrot, moss, lichens or scale
and spraying, fertilizing and pruning practices would function hand in hand. ..."
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