Definition of Leaf disease

1. Noun. Any plant disease localized in the foliage.

Generic synonyms: Plant Disease

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leaf Disease

leaf beet
leaf beetle
leaf beetles
leaf blade
leaf blight
leaf blower
leaf blowers
leaf bud
leaf bug
leaf cacti
leaf cactus
leaf cast
leaf casting
leaf curl
leaf cutter
leaf disease (current term)
leaf fat
leaf form
leaf frog
leaf frogs
leaf gap
leaf gaps
leaf green
leaf hopper
leaf hoppers
leaf insect
leaf insertion
leaf lard
leaf lettuce
leaf miner

Literary usage of Leaf disease

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1880)
"The COFFEE-leaf disease of CEYLON. By WT THISELTON DYER, MA, FLS, Assistant Director, Royal Gardens, Kew. With Plates IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, and XIV. ..."

2. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"In Wynad, however, scarcely an estate escaped this leaf disease, whilst in the fifty-two estates of Travancore only one suffered, and that in a most ..."

3. Manual of Fruit Diseases by Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Herbert Hice Whetzel (1917)
"Gussow, HT Preliminary note on "silver leaf" disease of fruit trees. Phytopath. 1: 177-179. ... The Duke of Bedford and Pickering, SU Silver-leaf disease. ..."

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