POWDERY MILDEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does powdery mildew mean? 

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

1. any of various fungi of the genus Erysiphe producing powdery conidia on the host surface

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POWDERY MILDEW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various fungi of the genus Erysiphe producing powdery conidia on the host surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("powdery mildew" is a kind of...):

mildew (a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter)

Holonyms ("powdery mildew" is a member of...):

Erysiphe; genus Erysiphe (genus of powdery mildews)