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EPIPHYTOTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epiphytotic mean?
• EPIPHYTOTIC (adjective)
The adjective EPIPHYTOTIC has 1 sense:
1. (of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area
Familiarity information: EPIPHYTOTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area
Context example:
epiphytotic conditions associated with a single-plant agriculture
Similar:
epidemic ((especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
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