TOBACCO MILDEW

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fungus causing a downy mildew on growing tobacco

Synonyms:

Peronospora hyoscyami; tobacco mildew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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