scorch

an injury to bark, foliage, flowers, or fruit from (a) excessive heat, whether from fires or sunlight (insolation), (b) hot, freezing, salt-laden, fume-laden, or unduly strong winds, or (c) unbalanced nutrition or poisoning, e.g., from the misapplication of a pesticide —see sunscald, windblast, winter sunscaldThis definition last updated 08/02/2008