TOBACCO MILDEW

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)