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TOBACCO MILDEW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tobacco mildew mean?
• TOBACCO MILDEW (noun)
The noun TOBACCO MILDEW has 1 sense:
1. fungus causing a downy mildew on growing tobacco
Familiarity information: TOBACCO MILDEW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fungus causing a downy mildew on growing tobacco
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Peronospora hyoscyami; tobacco mildew
Hypernyms ("tobacco mildew" is a kind of...):
downy mildew; false mildew (any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons)
Holonyms ("tobacco mildew" is a member of...):
genus Peronospora; Peronospora (genus of destructive downy mildews)
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