Assertion: mistletoe | /r/CapableOf | weaken tree
Facets:
value: slowly
type: MANNER
value: during periods of drought
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Mistletoe weakens trees most during periods of drought, when it robs them of water to feed itself and ultimately causes the death of many trees.
text: Instead the mistletoe slowly weakens and disfigures the tree by robbing it of nutrition and sunlight.
text: To plant pathologists and others who work with plant diseases, mistletoe is a serious plant parasite that weakens and kills trees.
text: One way in which the mistletoe accumulates nutrients and weakens the tree is through the development of “witch brooms”.