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mildew
noun(mil-dew)
a superficial usually whitish growth produced especially on organic matter or living plants by fungi (as of the families Erysiphaceae and Peronosporaceae)
mildew
noun(mil-dew)
a fungus producing mildew
mildew
noun(mil-dew)
a discoloration caused by fungi
mildew
verb(mil-dew)
to affect with or as if with mildew
mildew
verb(mil-dew)
to become affected with mildew
mildew
noun(mil-dew)
any of various parasitic lower fungi (family Peronosporaceae) that produce whitish masses of sporangiophores or conidiophores on the undersurface of the leaves of the host
mildew
noun(mil-dew)
a plant disease caused by a downy mildew
mildew
noun(mil-dew)
an ascomycetous fungus (family Erysiphaceae) producing abundant powdery conidia on the host
mildew
noun(mil-dew)
a plant disease caused by a powdery mildew

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