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sunscald

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sunscald [′sən‚skȯld]
(plant pathology)
An injury to woody plants which results in local death of the plant tissues; in summer it is caused by excessive action of the sun's rays, in winter, by the great variation of temperature on the side of trees that is exposed to the sun in cold weather.
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