tobacco mildew

tobacco mildew
noun
fungus causing a downy mildew on growing tobacco
Hypernyms: ↑downy mildew, ↑false mildew
Member Holonyms: ↑Peronospora, ↑genus Peronospora

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noun
: a disease of growing tobacco caused by a downy mildew (Peronospora hyoscyami); also : the fungus causing this disease

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