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Definition of Sunscald
1. Noun. Localized damage to the woody tissues of trees caused by bright sunlight ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To suffer such damage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sunscald
1. an injury of woody plants caused by the sun [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sunscald
Literary usage of Sunscald
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Farm Woodlot: A Handbook of Forestry for the Farmer and the Student in by Edward Gheen Cheyney, John Philip Wentling (1914)
"... sunscald sunscald is more likely to occur in the case of lawn or park trees
than in the woodlot. It is caused by the direct rays of the sun scorching ..."
2. The Farm Woodlot: A Handbook of Forestry for the Farmer and the Student in by Edward Gheen Cheyney, John Philip Wentling (1914)
"... sunscald sunscald is more likely to occur in the case of lawn or park trees
than in the woodlot. It is caused by the direct rays of the sun scorching ..."
3. Management Guide for Low-Input Sustainable Apple Production by Lorraine P. Berkett (1994)
"sunscald Protection Because the bark of apple tree trunks expands on warm, sunny
days in winter and contracts with freezing night temperatures, ..."
4. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1911)
"sunscald is found almost entirely in trees having an open habit of growth or
where they ... sunscald can be entirely overcome in this district by proper and ..."
5. Bulletin by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (1913)
"In regard, however, to the relation of spraying to sunscald of fruit, these
observers are of divided opinion. Of 12 replies 8 state that spraying during the ..."
6. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1904)
"The first sign of decay will be that sunscald. The first indication of decay or
of sunscald is a pure white gum that will exude where the limbs come out, ..."
7. Popular Fruit Growing: Prepared Especially for Beginners and as a Text Book by Samuel Bowdlear Green (1912)
"Among the more common of these injuries may be mentioned the following: sunscald,
winter killing of the twigs, roots and fruit buds; injuries from birds and ..."
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