leaf cast

1. 1.

   a disease of conifers causing the needles to fall

   Synonymsneedle blightneedle cast

   Broaderleaf blight

Questions about leaf cast

What does leaf cast mean?

leaf cast means "a disease of conifers causing the needles to fall".

What is another word for leaf cast?

Close synonyms include needle blight, needle cast. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leaf cast a common word?

leaf cast is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.