- potato murrain
- nouna blight of potatoes• Syn: ↑potato blight, ↑potato mold, ↑potato disease, ↑potato mildew• Hypernyms: ↑blight
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nounsee potato blight
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potato disease — noun a blight of potatoes • Syn: ↑potato blight, ↑potato mold, ↑potato mildew, ↑potato murrain • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun see potato blight * * * … Useful english dictionary
potato mildew — noun a blight of potatoes • Syn: ↑potato blight, ↑potato mold, ↑potato disease, ↑potato murrain • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun see potato blight … Useful english dictionary
potato mold — noun a blight of potatoes • Syn: ↑potato blight, ↑potato disease, ↑potato mildew, ↑potato murrain • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun see potato blight … Useful english dictionary
potato blight — noun a blight of potatoes • Syn: ↑potato mold, ↑potato disease, ↑potato mildew, ↑potato murrain • Hypernyms: ↑blight … Useful english dictionary
Potato rot — Rot Rot, n. 1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See {Bitter rot}, {Black rot}, etc., below. [1913 Webster] 3. [Cf. G. rotz… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
murrain — n. 1 an infectious disease of cattle, carried by parasites. 2 archaic a plague, esp. the potato blight during the Irish famine in the mid 19th c. Etymology: ME f. AF moryn, OF morine f. morir f. L mori die … Useful english dictionary
George William Johnson (writer) — George William Johnson (1802–1886), writer on gardening.Johnson, born at Blackheath, Kent, on 4 Nov. 1802, was younger son of William Johnson, proprietor successively of the Vauxhall distillery, of the Coalbrookdale china works, and of salt works … Wikipedia
Miles Joseph Berkeley — (1 April 1803 – 30 July 1889) was an English cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology. Berkeley was born at Biggin Hall, Benefield, Northamptonshire, and educated at Rugby Sch … Wikipedia
Bitter rot — Rot Rot, n. 1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See {Bitter rot}, {Black rot}, etc., below. [1913 Webster] 3. [Cf. G. rotz… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Black rot — Rot Rot, n. 1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See {Bitter rot}, {Black rot}, etc., below. [1913 Webster] 3. [Cf. G. rotz… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
