ONION MILDEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does onion mildew mean? 

• ONION MILDEW (noun)
  The noun ONION MILDEW has 1 sense:

1. fungus causing a downy mildew on onions

  Familiarity information: ONION MILDEW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONION MILDEW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fungus causing a downy mildew on onions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

onion mildew; Peronospora destructor

Hypernyms ("onion 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 ("onion mildew" is a member of...):

genus Peronospora; Peronospora (genus of destructive downy mildews)