The saturated in saturated fats refers to the fact that these fats are saturated with hydrogen and carbon atoms. Saturated fats tend to be solid at room temperature. The higher saturated fat content of foods like butter and beef fat is one of the key reasons that these fats tend to stay solid at room temperature. Unsaturated fats tend to be liquid at room temperature.
Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Blight. Blight refers to a specific symptom affecting plants in response to infection by a pathogenic organism. It is simply a rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs.
Fire Blight. Fire Blight is a bacterial infection caused by the Erwinia amylovora bacteria. It is most prevalent on the following trees: apple, pear, hawthorn, cotoneaster, firethorn and mountain ash. The bacteria overwinters on or under infected bark and in the early spring begins to ooze out.