Dutch elm disease

English

Etymology

Named after the country in which the disease was first identified. (It is not specific to Dutch elms.)

Noun

Dutch elm disease (uncountable)

1. (phytopathology) A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma and spread by bark beetles.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 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: холандската брястова болест f (holandskata brjastova bolest)
• Catalan: malaltia holandesa de l'om f
• Czech: grafióza f, holandská nemoc f
• Danish: elmesyge (da) c
• Dutch: iepziekte (nl) f
• Estonian: jalakasurm
• Finnish: hollanninjalavatauti
• French: graphiose de l’orme f, maladie hollandaise de l’orme f
• German: Ulmensterben n
• Greek: ολλανδική ασθένεια της φτελιάς f (ollandikí asthéneia tis fteliás)
• Hungarian: szilfavész
• Italian: grafiosi f
• Japanese: ニレ立枯病 (nire-takabyō)
• Norwegian: almesjuke f
• Polish: holenderska choroba wiązu f
• Portuguese: grafiose f, doença holandesa do ulmeiro f
• Romanian: boala olandeză a ulmului f
• Russian: голла́ндская боле́знь вя́за f (gollándskaja boléznʹ vjáza)
• Spanish: grafiosis f, enfermedad holandesa del olmo f
• Swedish: almsjuka (sv) c