NEEDLE CAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does needle cast mean? 

• NEEDLE CAST (noun)
  The noun NEEDLE CAST has 1 sense:

1. a disease of conifers causing the needles to fall

  Familiarity information: NEEDLE CAST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEEDLE CAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease of conifers causing the needles to fall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

leaf cast; needle blight; needle cast

Hypernyms ("needle cast" is a kind of...):

leaf blight (any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant)