sunscald

English

Etymology

sun +‎ scald

Noun

sunscald (uncountable)

  1. Localized damage to the woody tissues of trees caused by bright sunlight

Verb

sunscald (third-person singular simple present sunscalds, present participle sunscalding, simple past and past participle sunscalded)

  1. (intransitive) To suffer such damage.
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