Dutch elm disease

English Etymology Named after the country in which the disease was first identified. (It is not specific to Dutch elms.) Noun - en plant disease A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma genus and spread by bark beetles. en 1980 AA Book of English Villages Drive Publications Ltd 67 The village is a dignified place of thatch, half-timbering, box hedges and neat farms, set among elms (though not as many as formerly, since Dutch elm disease took its toll) on the level plain of the Pewsey Vale. en 2018 w:Tim Flannery Europe: A Natural History 296 The process began 50 years ago when Europe’s elms were ravaged by the beetle-borne fungal malady misnamed ʻDutch elm diseaseʼ (which, in fact, is Asian). Translations disease of elm trees Bulgarian: bg холандската брястова болест f Catalan: ca malaltia holandesa de l'om f Czech: cs grafióza f, cs holandská nemoc f Danish: da elmesyge c Dutch: nl iepziekte f Estonian: et jalakasurm Finnish: fi hollanninjalavatauti French: fr graphiose de l'orme f, fr maladie hollandaise de l'orme f German: de Ulmensterben n Greek: el ολλανδική ασθένεια της φτελιάς f Hungarian: hu szilfavész Italian: it grafiosi f Japanese: ja ニレ立枯病 nire-takabyō Norwegian: no almesjuke f Polish: pl holenderska choroba wiązu f Portuguese: pt grafiose f, pt doença holandesa do ulmeiro f Romanian: ro boala olandeză a ulmului f Russian: ru голла́ндская боле́знь вя́за f Spanish: es grafiosis f, es enfermedad holandesa del olmo f Swedish: sv almsjuka c en Fungal diseases Rosales order plants